NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2021 October 23 - 3D Bennu

Posted October 23, 202100:03:33

In today's image, we see the asteroid Bennu. This asteroid was visited by the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft which was able to collect a sample of its material...

2021 October 22 - A Comet and a Crab

Posted October 22, 202100:03:59

In today's image, we see a comet - 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko, this is the comet visited by the Rosetta spacecraft several years ago and is now actually...

2021 October 21 - Sh2-308: The Dolphin Head Nebula

Posted October 21, 202100:04:18

In today's image, we see the Dolphin-Head Nebula. This is material around a young star known as a Wolf-Rayet star which is the type of star that we...

2021 October 20 - Lucy Launches to Eight Asteroids

Posted October 20, 202100:03:33

In today's image, we see the launch of the Lucy spacecraft as it travels out to the orbit of Jupiter to study the Trojan asteroids which share Jupiter's...

2021 October 19 - Palomar 6: Globular Star Cluster

Posted October 19, 202100:03:37

In today's image, we see a globular star clusters. These are some of the oldest known objects in the universe and help to put constraints on the age...