NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

In today's image, we see the recently discovered comet named Nishimura. The comet will be brightening over the next month or so and has the potential to become visible to the unaided eye.

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In today's image, we see a type of cloud known as a roll cloud which is associated with an oncoming storm front.

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In today's image, we see the planet Neptune as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope. It appears faint because there is a good amount go methane in its atmosphere which is very good at absorbing the infrared light that the Webb Space telescope can observe in. The bright object above and to the left of Neptune is its large moon, Triton.

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In today's image, we see an image from the New Horizons spacecraft from July of 2015 when it flew by the Dwarf Planet Pluto. The part of Pluto that we are looking at is called Lowell Regio after Percival Lowell who pushed for the search for an object orbiting out beyond Pluto that eventually led to its discovery in 1930.

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In today's image, we see a part of the star forming region in the constellation of Cepheus. Within this are a number of gas and dust nebulae which bear a resemblance to difference animals here on Earth.

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In today's image, we see the peculiar pair of galaxies known as Arp 93. These are two galaxies that are in the process of colliding and likely will form a large galaxy as they merge together over the next billion years or so. This may be a preview of what our galaxy might look like in the distant future as it collides with the Andromeda Galaxy.

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In today's image, we see the night sky over Iceland glowing because of several different phenomena. We see the aurora off to the left, a volcano in the center, and emission from a geothermal power plant to the right.

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In today's image, we see the planetary nebula known as the Ring Nebula as imaged in the infrared by the James Webb Space Telescope. This is a planetary nebula and gives us a glimpse in to what the future holds for our own Sun many billions of years from in the future.

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In today's image, we see The Sombrero Galaxy also known as M104. This is an example of a spiral galaxy that we see from an edge-on point of view which emphasizes the dust lanes. This is also enhanced by the fact that it is view in the infrared light which the dust naturally emits.

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In today's image, we see what are called ghirigori or star scribbles. These are created by tapping the telescope lightly during the exposure to create different patterns. We can also see the colors associated with the hotter (blue) or cooler (red) temperatures of the stars.

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