NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2022 April 22 - Planet Earth at Twilight

Posted April 22, 2022 • 00:03:31

In today's image, we see an image of Earth taken from the International Space Station from 2001. We see Earth at twilight with the daytime side to the...

2022 April 21 - Apollo 16 Moon Panorama

Posted April 21, 2022 • 00:03:29

In today's image, we see an image of the Moon put together into a panorama. This is from the Apollo 16 mission which landed on the Moon 50 years ago...

2022 April 20 - Planet Line over New York Bridge

Posted April 20, 2022 • 00:04:00

In today's image, we see four planets in a line in the sky over the RFK bridge in New York City. The planets fall in a line because they follow the...

2022 April 19 - Stars and Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula

Posted April 19, 2022 • 00:03:32

In today's image, we see part of the Running Chicken Nebula - an emission nebula and part of a star forming region. The dark globules towards the bottom...

2022 April 18 - Stars and Planets over Portugal

Posted April 18, 2022 • 00:03:30

In today's image, we see an image from Portugal taken in 2020 showing the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies. In addition, we see several planets - Mars,...