Picture of the Day

1. M43: Dust, Gas, and Stars in the Orion Nebula

   Unspeakable beauty and unimaginable bedlam can be found together in the Orion Nebula

   
   

2. Saturns Northern Hexagon

   Why would clouds form a hexagon on Saturn?

   
   

3. Meeting in the Mesosphere

   A sensitive video camera on a summit of the Vosges mountains in France

   
   

4. Lynds Dark Nebula 1251

   Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula

   
   

5. The Galaxy, the Planet, and the Apple Tree

   The Galaxy, the Planet, and the Apple Tree

   
   

6. Our Rotating Earth

   Has your world ever turned upside-down?

   
   

7. Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027 from Hubble

   What created this unusual planetary nebula?