NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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2024 November 20 - Earthset from Orion

Posted November 20, 2024

In today's image, we see the Earth as it is just about to set behind the Moon as seen from the Orion spacecraft which was a part of the Artemis I mission...

2024 November 19 - Undulatus Clouds over Las Campanas Observatory

Posted November 19, 2024

In today's image, we see what are known as undulatus clouds appearing to converge over the telescopes domes on the mountaintop. These are clouds caused...

2024 November 18 - Stars and Dust in the Pacman Nebula

Posted November 18, 2024

In today's image, we see part of what is known as the Pacman Nebula. This is a star forming region, with a newly formed cluster of stars at the center....

2024 November 17 - LDN 1741: A Windblown Star Cavity

Posted November 17, 2024

In today's image, we see a parabolic outflow from a protostar. This star, is not actually a star, but it a star in the later stages of formation, before...

2024 November 16 - Pluto at Night

Posted November 16, 2024

In today's image, we see the dwarf planet Pluto as imaged by the New Horizons spacecraft back in July of 2015. Here, we are looking back at Pluto, shortly...