Picture of the Day

1. Rover 1A Hops on Asteroid Ryugu

   Two small robots have begun hopping around the surface of asteroid Ryugu.

   
   

2. Equinox: Analemma over the Callanish Stones

   Does the Sun return to the same spot on the sky every day at the same time?

   
   

3. Window Seat over Hudson Bay

   On the August 18 night flight from San Francisco to Zurich,

   
   

4. Irregular Galaxy NGC 55

   Irregular galaxy NGC 55 is thought to be similar to the Large Magellanic

   
   

5. Stars and Dust in Corona Australis

   Cosmic dust clouds and young, energetic stars

   
   

6. Cocoon Nebula Deep Field

   Inside the Cocoon Nebula is a newly developing cluster of stars.

   
   

7. Salt Pepper and Ice

   There's a "camera" comet now moving across the sky.