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The Sky Today on Tuesday, October 21: The Orionids peak, Comet Lemmon is closest to Earth, and Titan makes a transit
Tue October 21st, 2025
New moon of October 2025 hides red star Antares for some lucky stargazers tonightMon October 20th, 2025
Hubble spies a glowing 'starburst ring' | Space photo of the day for Oct. 20, 2025Mon October 20th, 2025
Don't miss the Orionid meteor shower peak begin overnight tonight under a moonless skyMon October 20th, 2025
A cosmic heart bursts with light in new deep space astrophotographer portrait (photo)Sun October 19th, 2025
Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover – Photo stream updated daily!
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (April 1st, 2026):
The Claw and Bubble Nebulae
From NASA: "What unexpected things do you see when you look up at the night sky? Today’s image resembles an abstract painting, with large swaths of color strewn across a cosmic canvas seemingly without design. Despite the image's abstract nature, the human mind finds patterns, identifying a large claw reaching up towards a floating bubble. Embedded within these seemingly random structures are the physical laws that govern how light and matter interact. The Claw (Sh2-157) and Bubble (NGC 7635) Nebulae glow colors that are mapped to the yellow and blue shown, indicating the presence of hydrogen and oxygen ionized by the intense light emitted from stars several times the mass of the Sun. This image depicts both the chaos and structure of astronomical processes, showing that a common thread between art and science is to look for the unexpected."