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Astronomy Picture Of the Day A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day
APOD: 2025 January 8 – Supernova Remnants Big and Small
What happens after a star explodes?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250108.html
APOD: 2025 January 6 – Colliding Spiral Galaxies from Webb and Hubble
Billions of years from now, only one of these two galaxies will remain.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250106.html
APOD: 2025 January 4 - Welcome to Perihelion
Welcome to Perihelion
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250104.html
APOD: 2025 January 1 – Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System
The closest star system to the Sun is the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250101.html
APOD: 2024 December 30 – M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241230.html
APOD: 2024 December 28 - A December Winter Night
A December Winter Night
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241228.html
APOD: 2024 December 26 - Grand Spiral NGC 5643
Viewed face-on,
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241226.html
APOD: 2024 December 24 – Fox Fur, Cone, and Christmas Tree
What do the following things have in common:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241224.html
APOD: 2024 December 22 – The Local Fluff
The stars are not alone.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241222.html
APOD: 2024 December 20 - The Long Night Moon
On the night of December 15, the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241220.html
APOD: 2024 December 18 – NGC 660: Polar Ring Galaxy
What kind of strange galaxy is this?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241218.html
APOD: 2024 December 16 – A Kilometer High Cliff on Comet Churyumov Gerasimenko
This kilometer high cliff occurs on the surface of a comet.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241216.html
APOD: 2024 December 14 - Apollo 17's Moonship
Awkward and angular looking,
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241214.html
APOD: 2024 December 12 - Phaethon s Brood
Based on its well-measured orbit,
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241212.html
APOD: 2024 December 8 – Aurora around Saturns North Pole
Are Saturn's auroras like Earth's?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241208.html
APOD: 2025 January 7 – A New Years Aurora and SAR Arc
It was a new year, and the sky was doubly red.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250107.html
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Have you ever seen a rocket launch -- from space?
APOD: 2025 January 3 - Eclipse Pair
Eclipse Pair
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250103.html
APOD: 2024 December 31 – The Twisted Disk of NGC 4753
What do you think this is?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241231.html
APOD: 2024 December 29 – Methane Bubbles Frozen in Lake Baikal
What are these bubbles frozen into Lake Baikal?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241229.html
APOD: 2024 December 27 - Planet Earth at Twilight
No sudden, sharp boundary marks the passage of day into night in
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241227.html
APOD: 2024 December 25 – Diamond Dust Sky Eye
Why is there a huge eye in the sky?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241225.html
APOD: 2024 December 23 – Christmas Tree Aurora
It was December and the sky lit up like a Christmas tree.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241223.html
APOD: 2024 December 21 - A Year in Sunsets
A Year in Sunsets
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241221.html
APOD: 2024 December 19 - Messier 2
Messier 2
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241219.html
APOD: 2024 December 17 – Near to the Heart Nebula
What excites the Heart Nebula?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241217.html
APOD: 2024 December 15 – Geminid Meteors over a Snowy Forest
Meteors have been flowing out from the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241215.html
APOD: 2024 December 13 - M51: Tidal Streams and H-alpha Cliffs
An intriguing pair of interacting galaxies, M51 is
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241213.html
APOD: 2024 December 10 – The Great Meteor Storm of 1833
It was a night of 100,000 meteors.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241210.html
APOD: 2024 December 7 - Rocket Engine Fireplace
You might not think a close up view of rocket engines producing 8.8 million
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241207.html