NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

In today's image, we see a number of meteors which in this case are pieces of Comet Halley which visits the inner solar system once every 75 years. While Comet Halley is currently in the outer portion of the solar system, the debris left behind continues to orbit the Sun causing meteor showers twice a year when Earth passes through the orbit.

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In today's image, we see a partial solar eclipse in the sky over the Taj Mahal. The eclipse occurred just a couple of days ago. The next eclipse will be a total lunar eclipse on November 7/8 and will be visible over the Pacific Ocean with some of the best visibility in Hawaii, New Zealand, Eastern Asia and Western North America.

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In today's image, we see the Cocoon Nebula which bears a vague resemblance to a comet with a head to the left side and the tail stretching out to the right. This is actually a star forming region where the bright nebula is energized by a recently formed star.

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In today's image, we see a video clip showing the rotation of the planet Jupiter as well as several of its moons orbiting around. Jupiter is currently near opposition meaning that it is opposite to the Sun in the sky - rising as the Sun sets and then setting as the Sun rises.

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In today's image, we see the Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest large spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way. In the very deep exposure, we see the red emission of hydrogen gas. Some of these gas clouds are associated with the Andromeda Galaxy and others are associated with our own Milky Way but happen to lie in the same direction in the sky.

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In today's image, we see human sized pinnacles in Australia. While the origin is not known, they are made of ancient sea shells made in to rock. In the sky above, we see several things including out Milky Way Galaxy, the zodiacal light as well as several bright stars and two planets.

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In today's image, we see the California Nebula also known by its catalog designation of NGC 1499. This is an example of an emission nebula and glows because of the hydrogen gas within the nebula excited by the ultraviolet radiation from a nearby hot star.

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In today's image, we see the Andromeda Galaxy as seen from New Zealand. Because of the far southerly latitude, the Andromeda never gets far above the horizon from this location.

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In today's image, we see the Pillars of Creation a part of the Eagle Nebula star forming region. The pillars are shaped by recently formed stars. The energy from these stars eats away at the less dense areas and leaves behind the denser areas of gas and dust.

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In today's image, we see an image of a galaxy behind tendrils of dust from our own Milky Way. While the dust is within out galaxy, the distant galaxy is nearly 60 million light years beyond.

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