NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2025 June 16 - APOD is 30 Years Old Today

Posted June 16, 2025

In today's image, we see a mosaic of images from APOD images used during the past five years. These are put together to reproduce Van Gogh's famous...

2025 June 15 - Two Worlds, One Sun

Posted June 15, 202500:03:59

In today's image, we see the sunset as seen on two different planets. On the left we see the sunset as seen from Earth. On the right we see the sunset...

2025 June 14 - Meteors and Satellite Trails over the Limay River

Posted June 14, 2025

In today's image, we see a view over the Limay River in Argentina. In the sky, we see our Milky Way, the planet Venus as well as several meteors and...

2025 June 13 - Rubin's Galaxy

Posted June 13, 2025

In today's image, we see the galaxy known as UGC 2885, also known as Rubin's galaxy after astronomer Vera Rubin who studied galaxies like this to suggest...

2025 June 12 - Solar Eclipse

Posted June 12, 2025

In today's image, we see an example of a total solar eclipse from 2023. A total solar eclipse occurs when our Moon passes in front of our Sun, temporarily...