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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
APOD: 2026 May 26 Б NGC 3660 and Burcins Galaxy
25.05.2026
The upper galaxy might be more photogenic, but the lower galaxy is more unusual. The galaxy up top is NGC 3660, a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way galaxy in that it has several bright blue spiral arms and a central bar of stars, dust, and gas.
APOD: 2026 May 25 Б Thackerays Globules
24.05.2026
What are these strange space globs? Situated in rich star fields and glowing hydrogen gas, these opaque clouds of interstellar dust and gas are so large they might be able to form stars. Their...
APOD: 2026 May 23 Б Messier 2
22.05.2026
After the Crab Nebula, this giant star cluster is the second entry in 18th century astronomer Charles Messier's famous list of things that are not comets. M2 is one of the largest globular star clusters now known to roam the halo of our Milky Way galaxy.
APOD: 2026 May 22 Б The Nebulous Realm of WR 134
21.05.2026
This cosmic snapshot covers a field of view over twice as wide as the full Moon within the boundaries of the high-flying constellation Cygnus. Made using astronomical narrowband filters, the image highlights the bright edge of a ring-like nebula traced by the glow of ionized hydrogen and oxygen gas.
APOD: 2026 May 21 Б A Collision of Galaxy Clusters
20.05.2026
This big beautiful spiral shines in X-ray light. It is about 20 times larger than our Galaxy. It belongs to Abell 2029, a galaxy cluster one billion light-years away. (To see only the galaxies...
APOD: 2026 May 20 Б The Dark Wolf Nebula
19.05.2026
A dark wolf lies in gum. No, this isnБt a riddle! Today's image features the Dark Wolf Nebula (SandqvistБLindroos 17), a spooky dust cloud embedded within the Gum 55 (RCW 113) Nebula in the Scorpius constellation.
APOD: 2026 May 19 Б NGC 2170: The Angel Nebula
18.05.2026
Is this a painting or a photograph? In this celestial abstract art composed with a cosmic brush, dusty nebula NGC 2170, also known as the Angel Nebula, shines just above the image center. Reflecting...
APOD: 2026 May 18 Б Unraveling NGC 3169
17.05.2026
Spiral galaxy NGC 3169 looks to be unraveling like a ball of cosmic yarn. It lies some 70 million light-years away, south of bright star Regulus toward the faint constellation Sextans. Wound up spiral arms are pulled out into sweeping tidal tails as NGC 3169 (left) and neighboring NGC 3166 interact gravitationally.
APOD: 2026 May 17 Б NGC 1300: Barred Spiral Galaxy
16.05.2026
Across the center of this spiral galaxy is a bar. And at the center of this bar is smaller spiral. And at the center of that spiral is a supermassive black hole. This...
APOD: 2026 May 16 Б Aurora Slathers Up the Sky
15.05.2026
Like salsa verde on your favorite burrito, a green aurora slathers up the sky in this 2017 June 25 snapshot from the International Space Station. About 400 kilometers (250 miles) above Earth, the orbiting station is itself within the upper realm of the auroral displays.
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