NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

APOD

1. Dust of the Orion Nebula

   What surrounds a hotbed of star formation?

   
   
2. Lunation

   Our Moon's appearance changes nightly.

   
   
3. Comet Garradd and M92

   Sweeping slowly through the constellation Hercules,

   
   
4. Inside the Eagle Nebula

   Inside the Eagle Nebula

   
   
5. La Silla Star Trails North and South

   Fix your camera to a tripod and you can record graceful

   
   
6. Red Aurora Over Australia

   Why would the sky glow red?

   
   
7. The Helix Nebula from the VISTA Telescope

   Will our