NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2022 August 08 - The Lagoon Nebula without Stars

Posted August 8, 202200:03:28

In today's image, we see M8 also known as the Lagoon nebula in an image where the stars have been digitally removed to allow better study of the gas...

2022 August 07 - Meteor before Galaxy

Posted August 7, 202200:04:46

In today's image, we see a Perseid meteor that happened to pass in front of the distant Andromeda Galaxy in this image from August of 2016.

2022 August 06 - Stereo Phobos

Posted August 6, 202200:03:48

In today's image, we see one of the two moons of Mars - Phobos. when viewed with red/blue 3D glasses, you can get a 3-dimensional image of the moon!

2022 August 05 - A Beautiful Trifid

Posted August 5, 202200:03:51

In today's image, we see the Triffid Nebula also known as M20. This shows three different types of nebulae in the same image - Emission Nebula, Reflection...

2022 August 04 - M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

Posted August 4, 202200:03:42

In today's image, we see M13 which is a globular cluster located in the constellation of Hercules. Globular clusters are some of the oldest parts of...