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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula
17.09.2026
This treasure chest is full of stars. The featured image was obtained with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and shows a dust pilar in the Carina Nebula inside our Galaxy, roughly 7500 light-years away.
APOD: 2026 September 16 Б Webb's View of M64
16.09.2026
Sometimes where Hubble finds darkness, Webb sees light. An example is todayБs composite images of Messier 64 (M64), a nearby spiral galaxy of many names. The dark band of dust partially blocking its bright core earned it the moniker Бthe Black Eye Galaxy.
APOD: 2026 September 15 Б A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus
15.09.2026
There was something behind the clouds. Upon close inspection, it was the Moon, which was hard to see yesterday around noon above the small village of Cessy, France. But soon, it was not only the Moon. As expected, a bright dot suddenly appeared from behind the Moon -- the planet Venus far in the distance.
APOD: 2026 September 14 Б Where Your Elements Came From
14.09.2026
The hydrogen in your body and present in every molecule of water came from the Big Bang. There are no other appreciable sources of hydrogen in the universe. The carbon in your body was made by nuclear fusion in the interior of stars, as was the oxygen.
APOD: 2026 September 12 Б Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
12.09.2026
Bright sunlight glints as long dark shadows mark this image of the surface of the Moon. It was taken on July 20, 1969, by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the lunar surface. Pictured is the mission's lunar module, the Eagle, and spacesuited lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin.
APOD: 2026 September 11 Б M83: The Southern Pinwheel
11.09.2026
Beautiful and bright spiral galaxy M83 lies some twelve million light-years away, near the southeastern tip of the very long constellation Hydra. Prominent spiral arms traced by dark dust lanes and blue star clusters lend this galaxy its popular name, the Southern Pinwheel.
LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula
10.09.2026
What does this image look like to you? Many see a giraffe facing right, with neck stretched high and long legs mid-stride (but some may see a squirrel instead). The featured image shows LDN 1295, also called the Giraffe Nebula, in the constellation of the mythical queen of Aethiopia (Cassiopeia).
APOD: 2026 September 8 Б Hubble: Decagon Around Saturns South Pole
8.09.2026
Why are SaturnБs poles geometric? SaturnБs North Pole has been known to be surrounded by a hexagonal (6 sides) cloud since discovery in 1987 in data taken by NASAБs Voyager spacecrafts, which quickly flew past the ringed world in the early 1980s.
APOD: 2026 September 7 Б The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars
7.09.2026
The Pelican Nebula is slowly being transformed. IC 5070 (an official designation) is divided from the larger North America Nebula by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust. The deep featured picture from Utah, USA incorporates 25 hours of exposure and brings out great details of this filamentary dust.
APOD: 2026 September 6 Б Pluto in Enhanced Color
6.09.2026
Pluto is more colorful than we can see. Color data and high-resolution images of our Solar System's most famous dwarf planet, taken by the robotic New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby in 2015 July, have been digitally combined to give an enhanced-color view of this ancient world sporting an unexpectedly young surface.
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