NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

In today's image, we see the Herbig-Haro object which is a young star, just forming. We can see evidence of a planetary system forming around it as well.

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In today's image, we see a couple of emission nebulae located in the constellation of Canis Major.

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In today's image, we see the trail from a SpaceX rocket as it carries a group of Starling satellites into low Earth orbit. We can also see the planet Venus at the top of the image.

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In today's image, we see a video clip showing observations of the planet Jupiter as the Juno spacecraft passes in close to the clouds back in 2018.

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In today's image, we see the Sun off over the horizon, with the sun dogs on either side. These sun dogs, or parhelia, are caused by the presence of hexagonal ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere.

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In today's image, we see a cosmic rose in space. A young cluster of stars forming at the center of the nebula and their energy causing the rest of the material to glow in the red color of a rose.

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In today's image, we see the reflection nebula known as VdB 31. The reflection nebula is caused by the scattering of light off of dust grains around a hot star. We can also see some of the dark dust cloud in this region of the sky.

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In today's image, we see a video showing the asteroid Bennu as it rotates out in space. A sample of this was returned to Earth and has been found to contain amino acids which are the building blocks of life here on Earth.

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In today's image, we see two nebulae in a star forming region which are whimsically known as the Spider Nebula and the Fly Nebula.

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In today's image, we see a pattern of lights in the sky known as an aurora. These are caused by particles from solar storms interacting with atoms in Earth's atmosphere.

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