NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2022 August 29 - The Horsehead Nebula Region without Stars

Posted August 29, 202200:04:24

In today's image, we see part of the Orion star forming region. In this case, we are looking near the belt of Orion and see one of the stars of the...

2022 August 28 - Perijove 11: Passing Jupiter

Posted August 28, 202200:04:15

In today's image, we see a video clip from the Juno spacecraft as it passed close to Jupiter in 2018. Juno is in a highly elliptical, polar orbit and...

2022 August 27 - IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula

Posted August 27, 202200:03:25

In today's image, we see the Cocoon Nebula, a star forming region also known by the catalog designation of IC 5146.



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2022 August 26 - Little Planet South Pole

Posted August 26, 202200:03:37

In today's image, we see a compressed view of our Earth as imaged from the South Pole of the planet. Above, we see the dawn as Sun rises after 6 months...

2022 August 25 - Tiangong Space Station Transits the Moon

Posted August 25, 202200:04:44

In today's image, we see our Moon with the Tiangong Space Station passing in front of it.


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