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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.
2026 Total Solar Eclipse in Spain
A total solar eclipse is seen from San Millán de los Caballeros, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.
NASA ·
A Magical Atmosphere Around SOAR
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA ·
Perseids Over a little Planet
APOD · Marcin Rosadziński ·
Stops Along the Path of Totality
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Lion Nebula Roars in Webb's Sights
NASA ·
Six Moons of Saturn
APOD · Alexandre Trentini ·
IRS 3 Field (NIRCam and MIRI image)
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
Star IRS 3 (close-up NIRCam image)
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
Bountiful Roebuck Bay
NASA Earth Observatory ·
NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir Uses VR Goggles
NASA ·
Lion Nebula (MIRI image)
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
Three Galaxy Pairs
APOD · Rafael Sampaio ·
El Niño Alters Marine Life in the Pacific
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Contemplating the Sun
APOD · Steven Gilbert ·
A Messier Moment for Tempel 2
APOD · Dan Bartlett ·
Rubin's COSMOS field
APOD · NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA ·
Antenna Testing for NASA’s SkyFall Mission
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Taking Flight to Prepare for Space
NASA ·
New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability
APOD · NASA — public domain ·
Webb opens a Treasure Chest filled with stars
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
How the Tide Turns at the Mouth of the Elbe
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Distorted Sunset over Rubin
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA ·
Artemis III Orion Crew and Service Modules Joined
NASA ·
NASA’s Perseverance Captures Phobos and Earth
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Spokes on Saturn's B Ring
APOD · Brad Croslin ·
The Paradox of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Roman Space Telescope Plaque Install
NASA ·
Curious Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula
APOD · NASA — public domain ·
Smoke Streams Across Eastern Washington
NASA Earth Observatory ·
Guinea-Bissau Tidal Waters
NASA ·
Vaporizing Meteor Photobombs the Lacerta Nebula
APOD · Tom Burnett ·
Unmasking an unusual asteroid
ESO ·
A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia
APOD · Christa Harbig ·
Buck Moon and Belt of Venus
APOD · Branko Nadj ·
NASA's Newest Wind Tunnel Opens at NASA Langley
NASA ·
NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad
APOD · Alessandro Cipolat Bares ·
Starburst Galaxy Centaurus A
NASA ·
Red Sun through Wildfire Smoke
APOD · Debra Ceravolo ·
Sunset in the Sonoran Desert
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA ·
Understanding How Martian Auroras Are Made
NASA ·
Psyche Receives Gravity Assist from Mars
APOD · NASA — public domain ·
NASA’s Curiosity Views a Sand-Capped Butte
Photojournal · NASA/JPL-Caltech ·
NASA’s Curiosity Discovers a Field of Martian Polygons
Photojournal · NASA/JPL-Caltech ·
Barnards Loop over Twin Volcanoes
APOD · Gonzalo Laserna Vargas ·
VLT image of Betelgeuse’s companion
ESO ·
VLT images of Betelgeuse and its companion
ESO ·
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Returns to Earth
NASA ·
NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula
APOD · Paweł Piechnik ·
Watching our cosmic neighbourhood
ESO ·
Tranquility and Serenity
APOD · Tranquility ·
RCW 86: Historical Supernova Remnant
APOD · Chinese astronomers ·
One-sided spiral
ESA/Hubble & NASA ·
Crews Move Artemis IV Liquid Hydrogen Tank
NASA ·
The Large Magellanic Cloud
APOD · Monica Mesa ·
Rare Planetary Parade over Kitt Peak
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA ·
A New Look – and Sound – for Messier 94
NASA ·
The Corona Australis Molecular Cloud and the Chandelier Cluster
APOD · NASA — public domain ·
Mapping Io’s Hidden Heat With NASA’s Juno
Photojournal · NASA/JPL-Caltech ·
NASA’s Juno Peers Beneath Io’s Surface
Photojournal · NASA/JPL-Caltech ·
Psyche Approaches Mars
NASA ·
Turtle Rock on Mars
APOD · NASA — public domain ·
NISAR’s L-Band Radar Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica
Photojournal · NASA/JPL-Caltech ·
Our First View of the Surface of Mars
NASA ·
NGC 3576: The Statue of Liberty Nebula
APOD · Logan Carpenter ·
NASA's Chandra and IXPE Study Pulsar in Lighthouse Nebula
NASA ·
The Growing Crescent of Mars as NASA’s Psyche Mission Approaches
Photojournal · NASA/JPL-Caltech ·
NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Details of Martian Surface During Flyby
Photojournal · NASA/JPL-Caltech ·
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory December 2025 Image of Interstellar Traveler
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA ·
Anil Menon Launches to Space Station
NASA ·
The Beta Pictoris d exoplanet observed over the years
ESO ·
VLT image of the Beta Pictoris d exoplanet
ESO ·
Hubble Sees Crimson Cloud and Stars
NASA ·
Digitized Sky Survey image of Betelgeuse
ESO ·
Omega Centauri context image
ESA/Hubble & NASA ·
Small but mighty
ESO ·
Waxing Gibbous Moon
NASA ·
Curiosity Sees Martian Sulfur Up Close
NASA ·
Sunset Before Rubin’s First Look
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA ·
Hubble Captures Star-Studded Cluster
NASA ·
NASA Takes Flight For America's 250th
NASA ·
Centaurus A (NIRCam image)
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
And yet it moves!
ESO ·
Good Morning, Earth!
NASA ·
FS Tau (Webb NIRCam image)
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
Not Your Typical Stargazing
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA ·
LINK Spacecraft Set for Mission to Boost NASA's Swift Observatory
NASA ·
Starry Chandelier Cluster
NASA ·
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Preps for Spacewalk
NASA ·
Gateway to the Milky Way
ESO ·
Euclid Sees Heart of Milky Way
NASA ·
Starry chandelier
ESA/Hubble & NASA ·
Millions of Stars in Cigar Galaxy
NASA ·
Roman Telescope Comes to Kennedy
NASA ·
Anticrepuscular Rays and a Lunar Eclipse
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA ·
Hanging in the Balance
NASA ·
The Cigar Galaxy: M82 (Webb NIRCam image)
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA ·
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.