NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2023 July 01 - Three Galaxies in Draco

Posted July 1, 2023

In today's image, we see three galaxies in the constellation which compose a compact group of galaxies. We have spiral galaxies on either side and an...

2023 June 30 - Orbits of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

Posted June 30, 2023

In today's image, we see our inner solar system with the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars identified. The other orbits are those of more than...

2023 June 29 - A Message from the Gravitational Universe

Posted June 29, 202300:04:27

In today's image, we see a diagram showing how we are now able to detect low frequency gravitational waves from merging supermassive black holes. This...

2023 June 28 - Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud

Posted June 28, 202300:04:23

In today's image, we see a region of our galaxy where the dust concentration is lower allowing us a view into more distant parts of our galaxy than...

2023 June 27 - MAVEN's Ultraviolet Mars

Posted June 27, 2023

In today's image, we see two images of Mars from MAVEN: The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN spacecraft. This craft has been in orbit around Mars...