NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

In today's image, we see the separation of the first two stages of a Falcon 9 rocket as it takes astronauts to the International Space Station. The bright spot below center is the second stage igniting to head to the ISS. The first stage would then return to Cape Canaveral to be reused for future flights.

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In today's image, we see a spiral galaxy, perhaps much like our own Milky Way. Because of the positioning of the galaxy, we see it edge-on and can view it as a thin disk rather than seeing the spiral arms.

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In today's image, we see what is known as the Angel Nebula. This star forming region contains several different types of nebulae including the blue reflection nebulae, the red emission nebulae, and the dark nebulae.

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In today's image, we see light pillars rising up form the ground - caused by a crystal fog of ice/snow close to the ground. In the sky, we see a number of constellations including Ursa Major which contains the Bg Dipper and Ursa Minor which contains the star Polaris.

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In today's image, we see a video clip showing the total eclipse of the Sun from August of 2017. During totality, we observe around the edge of the Moon and can see the corona of the Sun as well as solar prominences along the edge. The next total solar eclipse will be on April 8, 2024 and will be visible over parts of eastern North America.

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In today's image, we see the Odysseus lander as it makes its first contact with the lunar surface. One landing leg is visible and broken which causes the lander to be on a tilt. However, it is still able to perform essential operations, despite is positioning.

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In today's image, we see the Parkes Radio Telescope dish in Australia. We note that it is pointed in the direction of our Moon, allowing us to receive faint signals from the Odysseus Lander which landed near the lunar South Pole. Since the lander ended up tilted, its more powerful antenna cannot point toward Earth, meaning the large telescope is needed to detect the radio signals from the craft.

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In today's image, we see an old Roman coin showing the image of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar was responsible for helping to incorporate the leap day into the calendar. This is needed because there are not an even number of days in a year, which causes the calendar to drift if not taken into account.

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In today's image, we see a set of images taken shortly after sunset. We are looking in the direction opposite to the setting Sun. We see the various shades the sky goes through as night falls in each successive vertical strip in the image.

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In today's image, we see the supernova remnant known as Simeis 147 and also known sometimes as the Spaghetti Nebula. A remnant like this is left behind when a massive star reached the end of its life and explodes.

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