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Astronomy Picture Of the Day A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day
APOD: 2026 February 13 - NGC 147 and NGC 185
Dwarf galaxies
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260213.html
APOD: 2026 February 11 – A Year of Sunspots
How many
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260211.html
APOD: 2026 February 9 – Miranda Revisited
What is Miranda really like?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260209.html
APOD: 2026 February 7 - Crescent Enceladus
Peering from the shadows, the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260207.html
APOD: 2026 February 5 - NGC 1275 in the Perseus Cluster
NGC 1275 in the Perseus Cluster
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260205.html
APOD: 2026 February 2 – Orion: The Running Man Nebula
What part of Orion is this?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260202.html
APOD: 2026 January 31 - Artemis I: Flight Day 13
Artemis I: Flight Day 13
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260131.html
APOD: 2026 January 28 – M78: Reflecting Blue in a Sea of Red
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260128.html
APOD: 2026 January 26 – NGC 55: A Galaxy of Nebulas
Can you see nebulas in other galaxies?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260126.html
APOD: 2026 January 24 - Earthset from Orion
Earthset from Orion
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260124.html
APOD: 2026 January 22 - LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion
The silhouette of an intriguing
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260122.html
APOD: 2026 January 20 – Io in True Color
The strangest moon in the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260120.html
APOD: 2026 January 18 – Jupiter from the Webb Space Telescope
This infrared view of Jupiter by Webb is illuminating.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260118.html
APOD: 2026 January 15 - Plato and the Lunar Alps
The dark-floored, 95 kilometer wide crater Plato and sunlit peaks of the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260115.html
APOD: 2026 January 12 – Meteor Dust
What's happening to this meteor?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260112.html
APOD: 2026 February 12 - The Bay of Rainbows
Dark, smooth regions that cover the Moon's
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260212.html
APOD: 2026 February 10 – In Green Company: Aurora over Norway
Raise your arms if you see an aurora.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260210.html
APOD: 2026 February 8 – Active Sunspot Region 4366 Crosses the Sun
An unusually active sunspot region is now crossing the Sun.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260208.html
APOD: 2026 February 6 - Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260206.html
APOD: 2026 February 3 – Red Spider Planetary Nebula from Webb
Oh what a
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260203.html
APOD: 2026 February 1 – Galle: Happy Face Crater on Mars
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260201.html
APOD: 2026 January 29 - NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans
NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260129.html
APOD: 2026 January 27 – Orions Treasures over Snowy Mountains
Rising over a frozen valley in the
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260127.html
APOD: 2026 January 25 – Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
This moon is doomed.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260125.html
APOD: 2026 January 23 - Planetary Nebula Abell 7
Very faint planetary nebula Abell 7 is about 1,800 light-years distant.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260123.html
APOD: 2026 January 21 - Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260121.html
APOD: 2026 January 19 – CTB 1: The Medulla Nebula
What powers this unusual nebula?
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260119.html
APOD: 2026 January 16 - NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula
These cosmic clouds have blossomed 1,300 light-years away
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260116.html
APOD: 2026 January 14 – M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260114.html
APOD: 2026 January 11 – M104: The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared
This floating ring is the size of a galaxy.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260111.html