NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

In today's image, we see the largest moon in the solar system, Ganymede as imaged by the Juno spacecraft back in 2021. This moon, larger than the planet Mercury, has an icy cratered surface, but also possible signed of activity and a liquid ocean well below the icy surface.

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In today's image, we see the Eagle Ray Nebula, which bears a resemblance to a ray flying through space. This is an example of a dark nebula or a molecular cloud which is a denser area of space where larger molecules and dust particles are able to form in the region shielded from the ultraviolet light of nearby stars.

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In today's image, we see a jet of material being emitted from the icy comet known as 67/P. The comet was studied by the Rosetta spacecraft back in 2016 which orbited it as it came in close to the Sun to be able to study changes in the nucleus of the comet at this active time for a comet.

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In today's image, we see a 360 degree image, condensing the horizon to the little planet in the center of the image. Around that, we see an intense auroral display from a few weeks ago. Also noted in the image are the Big Dipper (at the top) and Jupiter and the Pleiades star cluster to the lower right.

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In today's image, we see two images of the planet Jupiter taken a week ago shortly after Jupiter's opposition. By looking at the center between the two images and crossing your eyes, you can merge the two into a single three dimensional image of the giant planet.

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In today's image, we see the region around the Taurus molecular cloud, near the bright star Aldebaran in the sky. In this region, we see Herbig-Haro objects which are regions excited by jets of material from young forming stars. In addition, we see the star T Tauri - a sunlike star, but only a few million years old. This gives us a glimpse of what our Sun might have been like shortly after it formed.

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In today's image, we see the Hidden Galaxy which is actually hidden because of its location which means we have to look at it through the plane of the Milky Way Galaxy. The dust in our galaxy will dim and redden the light from this galaxy making it harder to see.

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In today's image, we see a part of the veil supernova remnant. This is what is left behind by a star that was seen to explode from Earth about 5000 years ago. Since that time, the material has expanded out to a distance of many light years and will eventually become seed material for new generations of stars.

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In today's image, we see Barnard 33, popularly known at the Horsehead nebula for its distinctive shape. This is a dark nebula in the constellation of Orion and is a part of the Orion star forming region.

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In today's image, we see several different objects, including our own Sun with several solar prominences visible along the limb of the Sun. Transiting across the face of the Sun, is the International Space Station which is orbiting around Earth.

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