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Astronomy Picture Of the Day A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day
APOD: 2025 December 29 – M1: The Crab Nebula
This is the mess that is left when a star explodes.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251229.html
APOD: 2025 December 27 - Apollo 17 s Moonship
Awkward and angular looking,
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251227.html
APOD: 2025 December 25 - Unicorn, Fox Fur and Christmas Tree
A star forming region
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251225.html
APOD: 2025 December 23 – Red Sprites and Circular Elves Lightning over Italy
What's happening in the sky?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251223.html
APOD: 2025 December 20 - A Solstice Sun Tattoo
A Solstice Sun Tattoo
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251220.html
APOD: 2025 December 18 - Jupiter and the Meteors from Gemini
Jupiter and the Meteors from Gemini
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251218.html
APOD: 2025 December 16 – Andromeda and Sprites over Australia
What’s happening over that tree?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251216.html
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What would it be like to fly over the
APOD: 2025 December 12 - Northern Fox Fires
Northern Fox Fires
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251212.html
APOD: 2025 December 10 - The Horsehead Nebula
Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, this dusty interstellar
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251210.html
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Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night.
APOD: 2025 December 6 - Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater
Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251206.html
APOD: 2025 December 4 - Galaxies in the Furnace
An example of violence on a cosmic scale, enormous
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251204.html
APOD: 2025 December 1 – 3I ATLAS: Tails of an Interstellar Comet
How typical is our Solar System?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251201.html
APOD: 2025 November 29 - Moon Games
This is not a screen from
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251129.html
APOD: 2025 December 28 – NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Jewels don't shine this bright -- only stars do.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251228.html
APOD: 2025 December 26 - 3I/ATLAS Flyby
3I/ATLAS Flyby
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251226.html
APOD: 2025 December 24 – Mystery: Little Red Dots in the Early Universe
What are these little red dots (LRDs)?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251224.html
APOD: 2025 December 22 – Sunset Solstice over Stonehenge
Yesterday the Sun reached its southernmost point in planet Earth's sky.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251222.html
APOD: 2025 December 19 - Long Shadows of the Montes Caucasus
Long Shadows of the Montes Caucasus
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251219.html
APOD: 2025 December 17 – W5: The Soul Nebula
Stars are forming in the Soul of the Queen of
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251217.html
APOD: 2025 December 15 – Gemini Meteors over Snow Capped Mountains
Where are all of these meteors coming from?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251215.html
APOD: 2025 December 13 - Orion and the Ocean of Storms
On December 5, 2022,
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251213.html
APOD: 2025 December 11 - Galaxies in the River
Large galaxies grow by eating small ones.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251211.html
APOD: 2025 December 9 – The Heart of the Soul Nebula
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251209.html
APOD: 2025 December 7 – The Sun and Its Missing Colors
It is still
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251207.html
APOD: 2025 December 5 - The Bipolar Jets of KX Andromedae
Blasting outward from variable star KX Andromedae,
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251205.html
APOD: 2025 December 2 – M77: Spiral Galaxy with an Active Center
What's happening in the center of nearby spiral galaxy M77?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251202.html
APOD: 2025 November 30 – The Surface of Titan from Huygens
If you could stand on Titan -- what would you see?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251130.html
APOD: 2025 November 28 - NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula
NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251128.html