NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2023 June 17 - Planet Earth at Night II

Posted June 17, 2023

In today's image, we see a video taken from the International Space Station showing the Earth at night. We will watch the ISS fly over North America,...

2023 June 16 - Sunset to Sunrise over the Baltic Sea

Posted June 16, 202300:03:38

In today's image, we see combination of thousands of different images, taken one vertical column at a time to show the changes in the sky over the...

2023 June 15 - M15: A Dense Globular Star Cluster

Posted June 15, 202300:04:27

In today's image, we see tube globular star cluster known as M15. Globular star clusters are some of the oldest objects in the universe, many having...

2023 June 14 - The Shark Nebula

Posted June 14, 202300:04:16

In today's image, we see the Shark Nebula, which is an example of a dusty nebula in a region of star formation in a molecular cloud. The two brighter...

2023 June 13 - Moons Across Jupiter

Posted June 13, 2023

In today's image, we see the two innermost large moons of Jupiter - Io and Europa as they orbit around the giant planet. We also see the Great Red Spot,...