NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

In today's image, we see star trails around the South Celestial Pole. Unlike the North Celestial Pole, there is no bright star currently located near the South Celestial Pole.

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In today's image, we see the International Space Station and our Moon close together in the sky. A transit occurs when one astronomical object passes in front of another which can happen occasionally when the ISS passes in front of the Moon, Sun or other object.

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In today's image, we see the long tail of comet R3 (PanSTARRS) as it stretches back across the sky.

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In today's image, we see the newly forming star cluster known as NGC 602 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. It is sometimes compared to pearls inside an oyster.

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In today's image, we see an image taken a couple of days ago of Comet R3 showing a long ion tail. The comet will make its closest approaches to the Sun and Earth over the next couple of weeks and may brighten enough to be visible to the unaided eye.

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In today's image, we see the Orion spacecraft known as Intrepid as it flies around the far side of the Moon on April 6, setting the record for the greatest distance from Earth by humans.

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In today's image, we see two colliding galaxies known as the Antennae for their distinct appearance and specifically their tidal tails stretching out to either side.

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In today's image, we see a video put together from about 40 hours' worth of data showing the destruction of a comet as it passes close to our Sun.

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In today's image, we see the crescent Earth as it is about to set behind the limb of our Moon as seen by the Orion spacecraft from the Artemis II mission a couple of days ago. The craft is now on its way back to Earth.

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In today's image, we see the reflection nebula known as the Blue Horsehead. This is a dusty region around. hot, blue star.

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In today's image, we see the path to be taken by the Artemis II spacecraft as it leaves Earth, loops around the Moon and then returns to Earth. The entire mission will take about 10 days.

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In today's image, we see the galaxy known as NGC 3310 - an example of a spiral galaxy which is undergoing a burst of star formation because of a recent interaction with another galaxy.

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In today's image, we see the vies from the Orion spacecraft of the Artemis II mission which is taking humans on a trip around our moon for the first time since 1972. Here, we look back at Earth, seeing the entire Earth at once.

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In today's image, we see s combination of two images - one is the image of the Tarantula Nebula, the other a simulation of a black hole merger.

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In today's image, we see the liftoff of the Artemis II mission which will take astronauts to a trip around the moon for the first time since 1972.

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In today's image, we see the Claw and Bubble nebulae which are a part of their star forming region in our Milky Way galaxy.

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In today's image, we see the largest of the Uranian moons, Titania. Titania show large cliffs likely related to its icy geology possibly involving the freezing and expansion of water.

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In today's image, we see the galaxy known as Centaurus A which is an example of an active galaxy - the nearest active galaxy to our own Milky Way.

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In today's image, we see what is known as the Aricebo Message which was sent from Earth toward the globular cluster M13 back in 1974.

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In today's image, we see Robert Goddard standing alongside Nell, the first liquid fueled rocket launched just 100 years ago this month.

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In today's image, we see Hickson 44 which is a compact group of galaxies located in the constellation of Leo. Galaxies in these compact groups are often interacting with one another and may eventually merge together.

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In today's image, we see all 218 gravitational wave events that have been confirmed since the first detection in 2015. These events occur when two massive objects, such as black holes, merge together, releasing strong gravitational waves.

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In today's image, we see great stone statues or mo'ai on Easter Island. The observatories here were used by the peoples of Polynesia to help navigate between the Polynesian islands in the Pacific.

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In today's image, we see a video showing the gravity map of Earth. In some areas (red) gravity is a bit stronger and in others (blue) it is a bit weaker.

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In today's image, we see Light Pillars coming up from the ground over Mohe, China. These are formed by ice crystals in kind of ice fog near the ground.

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In today's image, we see a timelapse video from the MESSENGER spacecraft as it left Earth and headed toward the innermost planet, Mercury.

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In today's image, we see a part of the constellation of Eridanus (The River) and two prominent galaxies in this region: NGC 1300, a barred spiral galaxy and NGS 1297, an elliptical galaxy.

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In today's image, we see star trails in the sky over the Teide Observatory in the canary Islands. Here were can clearly see the North Celestial Pole as well as the Celestial Equator. The later marked by the positions of the bright Sun which is located on the Celestial Equator today - the day of the equinox.

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In today's image, we see the plume left behind by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from earlier this month.

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In today's image, we see tree in the foreground with the nebulae of the Cygnus region in the sky above. The Cygnus region contains many nebulae because of its location near the plane of our galaxy.

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In today's image, we see two tadpoles in the sky. The tadpoles are actually denser areas where stars are forming, with material pushed back by stars which have already formed in a cluster to the upper right.

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In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy known as the Spanish Dancer galaxy and also known as NGC 1566. This is an example of a grand design spiral with majestic spiral arms swirling out from the center.

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In today's image, we see the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent at the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. This was built between the 9th and 12th centuries and was likely used to develop the Mayan Calendar.

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In today's image, we see an artist's conception image of the exoplanet K2-315b which orbits a star about 185 light years away from Earth. It happens to orbit its star with a period of 3.14 days, making it appropriate for pi day today.

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In today's image, we see the total lunar eclipse from Mar 3. The hour long exposure shows trails of stars as well as of the eclipsed Moon.

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In today's image, we see the planet Uranus as images by the James Webb Space Telescope. We see a video which compresses nearly a full day of rotation of the planet into just about 20 seconds.

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In today's image, we see the star forming region known as CG 4. This is also known as a cometary globule for its appearance. In this image it almost appears as though the globule is trying to consume the galaxy seen in the image.

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In today's image, we see the skyglow over Paranal Observatory in Chile. In addition, we can see the masters used to excite atoms in the atmosphere, creating an artificial star to use the adaptive optics of the telescope in order to improve resolution.

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In today's image, we see the Cranium Nebula. It has not yet been determined if this is a planetary nebula such as forms at the end of the life of a str like our Sun. Or, if it is nebula around a young, hot Wolf-Rayet star.

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In today's image, we see the aurora in the sky over Iceland. The positioning was adjusted so that it appears that the aurora is coming off the branches of the tree.

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