NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

2022 July 13 - Webb's First Deep Field

In today's image, we see an image from the James Webb Space Telescope that was launched last year. This shows a cluster of galaxies nearly 5 billion...

2022 July 12 - Noctilucent Clouds over Paris

In today's image, we see an example of noctilucent clouds over Paris. These are extremely high clouds which remain illuminated even when the Sun is...

2022 July 11 - Andromeda over the Sahara Desert

In today's image, we see the Andromeda galaxy in a zoomed in image over the sand dunes of the Sahara Desert.

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2022 July 10 - In the Center of the Cat's Eye Nebula

In today's image, we see the Cat's Eye Nebula. This is an example of a planetary nebula which is the end state of stars similar to our own Sun.

2022 July 09 - Saturn and the ISS

In today's image, we see an image which is a single frame from a video showing the International Space Station as it came close to passing in front...