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The Gallery
Pictures first. New releases from Hubble, Webb, ESO, NOIRLab and NASA, plus the Astronomy Picture of the Day, with the credit line attached to every frame.
Space Station View of Earth at Night
This nighttime view of the United States, dotted with city lights looking toward New York City (center), was taken at approximately 3:40 a.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above Earth.
NASA ·
Cosmic Latte: The Average Color of the Universe
APOD · NASA — public domain ·
Dark clouds and a starry night sky
ESO ·
Uncovering the Valleys Hidden Below Greenland’s Ice
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Andromeda before Photoshop
APOD · NASA — public domain ·
Mirrored Meteor and Milky Way
APOD · Jeff Dai ·
Hubble Spots Chaotic Secret in Galaxy
NASA ·
Globular Cluster Omega Centauri
APOD · Javier O. Cadenas Parra ·
Explosive Intensification for Hurricane Polo
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Practicing for Safe Landings on the Moon and Beyond
NASA ·
The Ghosts of Five Supernovas
APOD · Stephane Vetter, Yann Sainty ·
Cloudy Cloak Over the Northwest
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Rubin and the Seven Sisters
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA ·
NASA's Hubble Telescope Reaches Milestone, Looks for Elusive Supernova
NASA ·
Boom Year for Desert Blooms
NASA Earth Observatory ·
NASA's Chandra Finds Unusual Objects in Pinwheel Galaxy
NASA ·
Chance Triple Alignment: Plane, Space Station, Sun
APOD · Petr Horalek / Inst. Physics Opava ·
An Epic View of the Seasons
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Perseverance’s View of ‘Turquoise Bay’
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Cocoon Nebula Wide Field
APOD · Piotr Czerski ·
A wheel fit for a giant
ESO ·
Arctic Melt Season Length Levels Off
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Analemma over the Callanish Stones
APOD · Giuseppe Petricca ·
A Zodiacal Night
APOD · Neelam and Ajay Talwar ·
COSI Telescope Comes Together
NASA ·
Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy
APOD · George Chatzifrantzis ·
A galaxy spinning out of sync
ESA/Hubble & NASA ·
A galaxy spinning out of sync
ESA/Hubble & NASA ·
Lake Powell Drops to Record-Low Levels
NASA Earth Observatory ·
A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula
APOD · ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Reiter; Acknowledgement: M. H. Özsaraç ·
Summer Goes Out With a Heat Dome
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Three Faces of the Moon over Kitt Peak
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA ·
Three Faces of the Moon over Kitt Peak (Unannotated)
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA ·
Indonesia's Anak Krakatau
NASA ·
Curiosity Postcard Celebrates Rover’s 5,000th Day on Mars
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Webb's View of M64
APOD · NASA — public domain ·
Purple Haze Aurora
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Artemis III Crew Visits NASA Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building
NASA ·
Collage of cutouts of star-forming region IC 348 (Webb NIRCam image)
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
Star-forming region IC 348 (NIRCam image)
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
IC 348 Crop: Central star cluster
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
IC 348 Crop: Spiral galaxies
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
IC 348 Crop: Gravitational lensing
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
IC 348 Crop: Herbig-Haro objects
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
IC 348 Crop: Stars and faint outflows
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
IC 348 Crop: Star embedded in a nebula
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus
APOD · Arnaud Mariat ·
An Accidental Impact Crater Discovery
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Frames from ESA/Hubble, ESA/Webb, ESO and NOIRLab are released under CC BY 4.0; NASA material is generally public domain. Credit lines are carried through from the source and every plate links back to its release page, where the full-resolution masters and the observing details live.