NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

In today's image, we see two comets that are currently visible in the sky in the Southern Hemisphere of Earth. The comets will stand out in the image with a green glow and their extended size and tails stretching back from the head.

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In today's image, we see the planet Jupiter with its distinctive cloud band and Great Red Spot. We also see the large moon, Ganymede as well as its shadow in the lower right.

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In today's image, we see the Whale Galaxy, also known as NGC 4631. This is an example of a spiral galaxy as we see it edge-on as a flattened disk. We can see the blue star clouds and the pick glow from hydrogen gas signifying star formation.

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In today's image, we see a video clip showing the plume of material expelled from the impact of the DART spacecraft on the asteroid Dimorphos.

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In today's image, we see the Eagle Nebula, a star forming region. In this image, the stars have been digitally removed to allow the viewer to better focus on the patterns of gas and dust which make up this star forming region.

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In today's image, we see an image taken a few days ago by the Juno spacecraft currently orbiting the giant planet Jupiter. This is Europa, one of the four large moons of Jupiter, covered in ice with a liquid water ocean deep below the icy surface.

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In today's image, we see a supernova remnant from a star that exploded 10,000 years ago. For some reason, not completely understood, the pulsar was expelled outward like a cannonball from a cannon and can be seen heading toward the lower left of the image.

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In today's image, we see collection of images of our Moon taken on 28 consecutive nights showing the nearly complete cycle of lunar phases. We have a very thin waxing crescent in the upper left taken right after new moon and a very thin waning crescent in the lower right taken right before the next new moon.

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In today's image, we see 24 images of the sunrise on the day of the Autumnal Equinox, taken at different locations around the world. One image was taken in each of the nautical time zones which are evenly spaced so that each spans 1/24 of the globe.

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In today's image, we see an image of the impact from the DART mission on the asteroid Dimorphos. This was an initial test of a system to see if we are able to deviate the path of an asteroid through an impact. In the future this could be used to change the orbit of an asteroid which might be heading toward Earth and cause it to miss Earth altogether.

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