NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2024 May 21 - CG4: The Globule and the Galaxy

Posted May 21, 2024

In today's image, we see what is known as a cemetery globule in the foreground. This is a region of star formation which is unrelated to comets in out...

2024 May 20 - Aurora Dome Sky

Posted May 20, 202400:03:39

In today's image, we see an image of the aurora taken back on May 10 after the emission of a coronal mass ejection from the Sun by a large sunspot group...

2024 May 19 - Jupiter Diving

Posted May 19, 2024

In today's image, we see an animation created using data collected from the Juno spacecraft to simulate what it would be like to plunge into the upper...

2024 May 18 - North Celestial Aurora

Posted May 18, 2024

In today's image, we see an image of the sky looking toward the North. We see how the stars make circular paths around the North Celestial Pole which...

2024 May 17 - Aurora Banks Peninsula

Posted May 17, 202400:03:43

In today's image, we see the Aurora Australis which is the aurora when seen in the southern hemisphere. That cause is exactly the same as the aurora...