NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2024 March 28 - Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri

Posted March 28, 2024

In today's image, we see the globular star cluster known as Omega Centauri. Globular star clusters exist in the spherical halo of our galaxy. Omega...

2024 March 27 - The Coma Cluster of Galaxies

Posted March 27, 2024

In today's image, we see a large, dense galaxy cluster known as the Coma Cluster. The cluster contains thousands of galaxies and is so large that it...

2024 March 26 - Comet Pons-Brooks' Ion Tail

Posted March 26, 2024

In today's image, we see the comet known as Pons-Brooks. This comet returns to the inner solar system every 71 years and has been observed since the...

2024 March 25 - Sonified: The Jellyfish Nebula Supernova Remnant

Posted March 25, 202400:04:01

In today's image, we see a video where the tones the sound are used to represent different colors in the image. The red colors are represented by the...

2024 Match 24 - Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth

Posted March 24, 202400:04:22

In today's image, we see the shadow of our Moon as cast on the Earth during the total solar eclipse from 1999. The very center region of this shadow...