NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2024 April 27 - All Sky Moon Shadow

Posted April 27, 2024

In today's image, we see an all sky image of the eclipse of April 8. The outer portion shows the horizon while the central circular region shows the...

2024 April 26 - Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy

Posted April 26, 2024

In today's image, we see the bright star Regulus which is the brightest star in the constellation of Leo. We see almost all stars as points of light...

2024 April 25 - NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery

Posted April 25, 2024

In today's image, we see a large star forming region in the galaxy M33: The Triangulum Galaxy. This is one of the spiral galaxies in our own Local Group...

2024 April 24 - Dragon's Egg Bipolar Emission Nebula

Posted April 24, 2024

In today's image, we see an example of an emission nebula around a hot massive star. The ultraviolet light from the star excites the gases around it...

2024 April 23 - Contrail Shadow X

Posted April 23, 2024

In today's image, we see two contrails from airplanes that cross in the sky. Because of the positioning of the Sun and upper clouds, we also see the...