NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2021 August 06 - Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis

Posted August 6, 202100:04:16

In today's image, we see an image of the area around Corona Australis in the southern sky. We see an old globular cluster as well as younger stars surrounded...

2021 August 05 - Tycho and Clavius

Posted August 5, 202100:03:53

In today's image, we see an image of a portion of our Moon showing two craters of widely differing ages. Tycho is much younger - sharp and defined with...

2021 August 04 - EHT Resolves Central Jet from Black Hole in Cen A

Posted August 4, 202100:04:31

In today's image, we see an image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). The image shows the inner region of the jet in the active galaxy, Centaurus...

2021 August 03 - A Perseid Fireball and the Milky Way

Posted August 3, 202100:03:27

In today's image, we see a fireball from the Perseid meteor shower from 2018. A fireball is a larger meteor that appears much brighter in the sky and...

2021 August 02 - The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in Light and Sound

Posted August 2, 202100:04:40

In today's image, we see an image known as the Hubble Ultra Deep Field where the Hubble Space Telescope observed an otherwise empty part of space to...