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Astronomy Picture Of the Day A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day
APOD: 2024 May 23 - Unraveling NGC 3169
Spiral galaxy NGC 3169 looks to be unraveling like a ball of cosmic
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240523.html
APOD: 2024 May 21 – CG4: The Globule and the Galaxy
Can a gas cloud eat a galaxy?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240521.html
APOD: 2024 May 18 - North Celestial Aurora
North Celestial Aurora
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240518.html
APOD: 2024 May 16 - Aurora Georgia
A familiar sight from Georgia, USA, the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240516.html
APOD: 2024 May 14 - The 37 Cluster
For the mostly harmless denizens of planet Earth, the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240514.html
APOD: 2024 May 12 – Red Aurora over Poland
Northern lights don't usually reach this far south.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240512.html
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Simulation: Two Black Holes Merge
Relax and watch two black holes merge.
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What would it look like to circle a black hole?
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This is how the Sun disappeared from the daytime sky last month.
APOD: 2024 May 4 - 3 ATs
Despite their resemblance to
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240504.html
APOD: 2024 May 2 - M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
Majestic on a truly cosmic scale, M100 is appropriately known as a
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240502.html
APOD: 2024 April 29 – Comet, Planet, Moon
Three bright objects satisfied seasoned stargazers of the western sky just after sunset earlier this month.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240429.html
APOD: 2024 April 27 - All Sky Moon Shadow
All Sky Moon Shadow
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240427.html
APOD: 2024 April 25 - NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery
Located some 3 million light-years away in the arms of nearby spiral
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240425.html
APOD: 2024 April 23 – Contrail Shadow X
What created this giant X in the clouds?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240423.html
APOD: 2024 May 22 – Green Aurora over Sweden
It was bright and green and stretched across the sky.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240522.html
APOD: 2024 May 20 – Aurora Dome Sky
It seemed like night, but part of the sky glowed purple.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240520.html
APOD: 2024 May 17 - Aurora Banks Peninsula
This
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240517.html
APOD: 2024 May 15 – AR 3664 at the Suns Edge
What did the monster active region that created the recent auroras look like when at the Sun's edge?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240515.html
APOD: 2024 May 13 – AR 3664 on a Setting Sun
It was larger than the Earth.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240513.html
APOD: 2024 May 11 – AR 3664: Giant Sunspot Group
Right now, one of the largest sunspot groups in recent history is crossing the Sun.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240511.html
APOD: 2024 May 9 - The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240509.html
APOD: 2024 May 7 – Black Hole Accreting with Jet
What happens when a black hole devours a star?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240507.html
APOD: 2024 May 5 – A Black Hole Disrupts a Passing Star
What happens to a star that goes near a black hole?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240505.html
APOD: 2024 May 3 - Temperatures on Exoplanet WASP 43b
Temperatures on Exoplanet WASP 43b
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240503.html
APOD: 2024 May 1 – IC 1795: The Fishhead Nebula
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240501.html
APOD: 2024 April 28 – Rings Around the Ring Nebula
The
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APOD: 2024 April 26 - Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy
Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240426.html
APOD: 2024 April 24 – Dragons Egg Bipolar Emission Nebula
How did a star form this beautiful nebula?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240424.html
APOD: 2024 April 22 – Moon and Smoke Rings from Mt Etna
Yes, but can your volcano do this?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240422.html