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Astronomy Picture Of the Day A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day
APOD: 2026 September 2 – Solar Eclipses and Culture
Pretend you have never heard of a solar eclipse. The Sun’s behavior has been predictable
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APOD: 2026 August 30 – M74: A Grand Design Spiral
If not the most grand, then this
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APOD: 2026 August 28 – The Sky Turns Above Paranal
At the latitude of ESO's
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APOD: 2026 August 26 – JWST Images The Lion's Head Nebula
Are we looking at the future of our
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What would it look like to approach the grand planet Saturn?
APOD: 2026 August 20 – The Elephant s Trunk in Cepheus
Like an illustration in a galactic
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APOD: 2026 August 17 – A Golden Corona Eclipse
This total solar eclipse appeared not only poetically beautiful but scientifically interesting.
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APOD: 2026 August 15 – Bright Perseids from Sweden
Known for its bright and fast meteors, the annual
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APOD: 2026 August 11 – Six Moons of Saturn
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APOD: 2026 August 9 – Contemplating the Sun
Have you contemplated your home star recently?
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APOD: 2026 August 7 - Rubin's COSMOS Field
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Don’t get spooked by Saturn’s ghostly spokes! Today we feature a nearly two-hour timelapse of Saturn
APOD: 2026 August 3 – Vaporizing Meteor Photobombs the Lacerta Nebula
What's happening to this meteor?
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APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck Moon and Belt of Venus
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APOD: 2026 July 30 - Red Sun through Wildfire Smoke
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APOD: 2026 September 1 – A Plane Lunar Eclipse
Did you need to be on the right side of this airplane to see this eclipse?
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APOD: 2026 August 29 – Eclipse Pair
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APOD: 2026 August 27 - Colorful Aurora over Icenlandic Waterfall
What a sight to behold, when a night sky became filled with colors that appeared to rain over the Skógafoss waterfall in Iceland.
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APOD: 2026 August 24 – Comet 220P in Outburst
Comet 220P is unexpectedly bright.
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APOD: 2026 August 22 – Mostly Perseids
Recorded the night of August 12-13,
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APOD: 2026 August 18 – Perseids from Perseus
This was a good year for the
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APOD: 2026 August 16 – Milky Way over Yellowstone
The Milky Way was not created by an evaporating lake.
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APOD: 2026 August 13 – Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain
On August 12th, 2026, the Moon
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APOD: 2026 August 10 – Three Galaxy Pairs
Each of these pairs of galaxies is different.
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APOD: 2026 August 8 – A Messier Moment for Tempel 2
Which of these is
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APOD: 2026 August 6 – New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability
What does the new sharpest image of our Sun show?
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APOD: 2026 August 4 – Curious Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula
What causes unusual knots of gas and dust in
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APOD: 2026 August 2 – A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia
What's happening to this cloud?
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APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad
The Dark Doodad Nebula drifts
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Solar System bodies make deep space exploration more fuel efficient!