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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
APOD: 2026 June 20 Б Daytime Moon Meets Evening Star
20.06.2026
Venus is now appearing on the celestial stage as Earth's brilliant evening star, performing with the Moon, other wandering planets, and bright stars in western skies. For evening sky gazers on June 17, the celestial beacon rose after sunset close by a young, slender, crescent Moon.
APOD: 2026 June 19 Б Starry Night II
19.06.2026
Does this scene look familiar? It is a modern recreation of the famous painting Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. Both the image and the painting depict a tall tree on the left...
APOD: 2026 June 18 Б Possible Supernova Remnant in Galactic Center
18.06.2026
Do you see that blue blob to the lower right of the image center? Astronomers think that it shows where a massive star exploded as a supernova whose light reached Earth 1,700 years ago.
APOD: 2026 June 17 Б Longmore 8: The Hamster Wheel Nebula
17.06.2026
How did a hamster wheel get into space? The Hamster Wheel Nebula (Longmore 8) was discovered by Andrew Longmore in 1976 as a part of a larger survey of the southern sky. This survey...
APOD: 2026 June 16 Б Moons, Rings, Shadows, Clouds: Saturn Cassini
16.06.2026
While cruising around Saturn, be on the lookout for picturesque arrangements of moons, rings, and shadows. One such striking sight occurred in 2005 and was captured by the then Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft.
APOD: 2026 June 15 Б Triple Shockwave from Sun Crossing Rocket
15.06.2026
What's happening to this Sun-crossing rocket? The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, visible on the upper left, launched only about one minute before this amazing image was captured. As it rose to low Earth...
APOD: 2026 June 14 Б 10 Days of Venus and Jupiter
14.06.2026
Venus and Jupiter may have caught your attention lately. The recent close conjunction of the two brightest planets in recent evening skies has been hard to miss. With Jupiter at the top, starting...
APOD: 2026 June 13 Б Interplanetary Earth
13.06.2026
In an interplanetary first, on July 19, 2013 Earth was photographed on the same day from two other worlds of the Solar System, innermost planet Mercury and ringed gas giant Saturn. Pictured...
APOD: 2026 June 12 Б Venus and Jupiter: Conjunction from Avebury
12.06.2026
To see Venus and Jupiter together this month, you won't need binoculars or even a telescope. Just look up after sunset and you'll find them emerging as the sky grows dark near the western horizon.
APOD: 2026 June 11 Б The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant
11.06.2026
Could the Little Mermaid turn into stardust instead of seafoam? It would seem so in this beautiful nebula. The featured image shows the Mermaid Nebula, also known as the Betta Fish Nebula, which is part of the G296.5+10.0 Supernova Remnant.
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