Астрономическая картинка дня (APOD)

Ice Halos by Moonlight and Sunlight
8.01.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

Both Moon and Sun create beautiful ice halos in planet Earth's sky. In fact, the two brightest celestial beacons are each surrounded by a complex of ice halos in these photos of the sky above Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in France.

IC 342: Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis
7.01.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

Similar in size to large, bright spiral galaxies in our neighborhood, IC 342 is a mere 10 million light-years distant toward the long-necked, northern constellation Camelopardalis. A sprawling island universe, IC 342 would otherwise...

APOD: 2026 January 7 Б Simeis 147: The Spaghetti Nebula Supernova Remnant
6.01.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

Its popular nickname is the Spaghetti Nebula. Officially cataloged as Simeis 147 and Sharpless 2-240, it is easy to get lost following the looping and twisting filaments of this intricate supernova remnant. Seen toward...

APOD: 2026 January 6 Б Jupiters Clouds in High Definition from Juno
5.01.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

How complex is Jupiter? NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter is finding the Jovian giant to be more complicated than expected. Jupiter's magnetic field has been discovered to be much different from our Earth's simple dipole field, showing several poles embedded in a complicated network more convoluted in the north than the south.

APOD: 2026 January 5 Б The Red Rectangle Nebula from Hubble
4.01.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

How was the unusual Red Rectangle nebula created? At the nebula's center is an aging binary star system that surely powers the nebula but does not, as yet, explain its colors. The unusual...

APOD: 2026 January 4 Б The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens
3.01.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

Most galaxies have a single nucleus -- does this galaxy have four? The strange answer leads astronomers to conclude that the nucleus of the surrounding galaxy is not even visible in this image. The central cloverleaf is rather light emitted from a background quasar.

Full Moonlight
2.01.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

The Full Moon is the brightest lunar phase, and tonight you can stand in the light of the first Full Moon of 2026. In fact, the Moon's full phase occurs on January...

NanoSail D2
1.01.2026 | Астрономическая картинка дня

In 2011, on January 20, NASA's NanoSail-D2 unfurled a very thin and very reflective 10 square meter sail becoming the first solar sail spacecraft in low Earth orbit. Often considered the stuff...

Auroral Corona
31.12.2025 | Астрономическая картинка дня

Cycle 25 solar maximum made 2025 a great year for aurora borealis (or aurora australis) on planet Earth. And the high level of solar activity should extend into 2026. So, while you're celebrating the arrival of the new year, check out this spectacular auroral display that erupted in starry night skies over Kirkjufell, Iceland.

APOD: 2025 December 31 Б HH 222: The Waterfall Nebula
30.12.2025 | Астрономическая картинка дня

What created the Waterfall Nebula? The origin is still being researched. The structure, officially designated Herbig-Haro 222, appears in the region of NGC 1999 in the Great Orion Molecular Cloud complex. The elongated gaseous stream stretches about ten light years but appears similar to a long waterfall on Earth.