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Astronomy Picture Of the Day A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day
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
APOD: 2024 December 5 - Stereo Jupiter near Opposition
Jupiter looks sharp in these two
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241205.html
APOD: 2024 December 3 – Ice Clouds over a Red Planet
If you could stand on Mars -- what might you see?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241203.html
APOD: 2024 November 30 - Winter and Summer on a Little Planet
Winter and summer appear to come on a single night to this
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241130.html
APOD: 2024 November 28 - NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda
The large stellar association cataloged as
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241128.html
APOD: 2024 November 26 – The Sombrero Galaxy from Webb and Hubble
This floating ring is the size of a galaxy.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241126.html
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What lies at the center of our galaxy?
APOD: 2024 November 22 - The Medusa Nebula
Braided and serpentine filaments of glowing gas
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241122.html
APOD: 2024 November 20 - Earthset from Orion
Earthset from Orion
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241120.html
APOD: 2024 November 18 – Stars and Dust in the Pacman Nebula
Stars can create huge and intricate
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241118.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: 2024 December 6 - Xuyi Station and the Fireball
Colorful and bright, this streaking fireball meteor was captured in
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241206.html
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Does the Sun return to the same spot on the sky every day?
APOD: 2024 December 1 – Cosmic Latte: The Average Color of the Universe
What color is the universe?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241201.html
APOD: 2024 November 29 - Messier 4
Messier 4
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241129.html
APOD: 2024 November 27 – The Meteor and the Comet
How different are these two streaks?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241127.html
APOD: 2024 November 25 – The Horsehead Nebula
One of the most identifiable nebulas in the sky,
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241125.html
APOD: 2024 November 23 - Interplanetary Earth
In an interplanetary first, on July 19, 2013
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241123.html
APOD: 2024 November 21 - The Elephant s Trunk in Cepheus
Like an illustration in a galactic
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241121.html
APOD: 2024 November 19 – Undulatus Clouds over Las Campanas Observatory
What's happening with these clouds?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241119.html
APOD: 2024 November 17 – LDN 1471: A Windblown Star Cavity
What is the cause of this unusual parabolic structure?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241117.html