NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

2024 June 15 - Prominences and Filaments on the Active Sun

In today's image, we seethe active Sun in an image taken a month ago. Here we see the Sun in the light of hydrogen. There are many filaments across...

2024 June 14 - RCW 85

In today's image, we see the star formation region known as RCW 85. Here we see the dark, dusty nebulae where stars are currently forming surrounded...

2024 June 13 - Messier 66 Close Up

In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy, M66 in a close up view as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.

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2024 June 12 - Aurora over Karkonosze Mountains

In today's image, we see an image of the aurora taken this past month when material from a large solar coronal mass ejection struck Earth and caused...

2024 June 11 - Colorful Stars and Clouds Near Rho Ophiuchi

In today's image, we see the region around the stars Rho Ophiuchi and Antares which contains bright stars of different colors. We all see different...