NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2023 May 27 - Crescent Neptune and Triton

Posted May 27, 2023

In today's image, we see Neptune and its large moon Triton as timed by the Voyager 2 spacecraft back in 1989. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have...

2023 May 26 - Virgo Cluster Galaxies

Posted May 26, 2023

In today's image, we see part of the Virgo galaxy cluster including the giant elliptical galaxy M87 which is near the lower part of the image. We also...

2023 May 25 - Cat's Eye Wide and Deep

Posted May 25, 2023

In today's image, we see the Cat's Eye Nebula, an example of a planetary nebula which is the end state of a star much like our own Sun. In this deep...

2023 May 24 - Observatory Aligned with Moon Occulting Jupiter

Posted May 24, 2023

In today's image, we see Lick Observatory, where the moon Amalthea was discovered visually (just by looking through the telescope, not using any photographic...

2023 May 23 - Jupiter Swirls from Juno

Posted May 23, 2023

In today's image, we see swirling clouds in the atmosphere of Jupiter as imaged by the Juno spacecraft back in August of 2020. Studies of storms in...