NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

2024 August 13 - Giant Jet from the International Space Station

In today's image, we see an example of Giant Jet lightning as imaged from the International Space Station last month. This is a recently discovered...

2024 August 12 - Perseid Meteors over Stonehenge

In today's image, we see a number of Perseid meteors as well as our Milky Way Galaxy in the sky over Stonehenge.

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2024 August 11 - Animation: Perseid Meteor Shower

In today's image, we see an animation showing the orbit of comet Swift-Tuttle which is the comet responsible for the Perseid Meteor shower that occurs...

2024 August 10 - The Light, Dark, and Dusty Trifid

In today's image, we see the Trifid Nebula, also known as M20. In this nebula, we see three different types of nebula: Emission nebulae, Reflection...

2024 August 09 - A Perseid Below

In today's image, we see a meteor in the sky below the International Space station in this image taken back in 2011. The next Perseid meteor shower...