Astronomy Picture of the Day · June 2025

APOD, June 2025

30 entries from June 2025: 30 images and 0 videos. 17 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

A bright galaxy with unusual blue spiral arms is shown against a dark starfield. The outer part of the spiral appears as a blue ring, while the inner part appears to have separate -- and more tan -- spiral structure. Please see the explanat June 1, 2025 · Copyrighted

UGC 1810: Wildly Interacting Galaxy from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble , HLA ; Processing & Copyright: Domingo PestanaThe featured image shows a night sky with a large complex nebula in red and blue. The Veil Nebula has several famous components such as the Bat and Witch's Broom Nebulas. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 2, 2025 · Copyrighted

Veil Nebula: Wisps of an Ancient Supernova

Image Credit & Copyright: Abdullah AlharbiA starfield is seen over water, clouds, and the lights of a city below. The starfield is oddly not black, but shows a repeating assortment of transparent colors diagonally from the lower left to the upper right. Please see the explanation f June 3, 2025 · Copyrighted

Rainbow Airglow over the Azores

Image Credit & Copyright: Miguel Claro ( TWAN ); Rollover Annotation: Judy SchmidtA large telescope appears on the left. The band of our Milky Way Galaxy extends from the telescope to the upper right of the image. The horizon has a slight glow. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 4, 2025

A Milky Road to the Rubin Observatory

Image Credit: NSF , DOE , Rubin Obs. , Paulo Assunção Lago ( Rubin Obs. )Savudrija Star Trails June 5, 2025 · Copyrighted

Savudrija Star Trails

Image Credit & Copyright: Branko NadjNGC 6302: The Butterfly Nebula June 6, 2025 · Copyrighted

NGC 6302: The Butterfly Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Mike SelbyPerseverance Selfie with Ingenuity June 7, 2025

Perseverance Selfie with Ingenuity

Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , MSSSGrand spiral galaxy NGC 3344 is shown. Spiral arms with stars, star clusters, and nebula are visible. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 8, 2025

Facing NGC 3344

Image Credit: ESA / Hubble & NASAA starfield is shown with many stars and several faint light brown dust clouds. In the center is a large cloud with brown dust and gas shells lined in blue. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 9, 2025

Between Scylla and Charybdis: A Double Cosmic Discovery

Image Credit: M. Drechsler, Y. Sainty, A. Soto, N. Martino, L. Leroux-Gere , S. Khallouqui, & A. Kaeouach; Text: Ogetay Kayali ( Michigan Tech U. )A picture of a mostly white orb is shown that has many craters and crevasses. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 10, 2025

Enceladus in True Color

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , JPL , SSI , Cassini Imaging TeamA grid of images of the 25 brightest stars on the night sky is shown. The grid is 5 x 5. Some stars look bluer or more orange than others Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 11, 2025 · Copyrighted

25 Brightest Stars in the Night Sky

Image Credit & Copyright: Tragoolchitr JittasaiyapanSolar Eclipse June 12, 2025 · Copyrighted

Solar Eclipse

Image Credit & Copyright: Fred EspenakRubin's Galaxy June 13, 2025

Rubin's Galaxy

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , B. Holwerda (University of Louisville)A night sky is shown with many stars and streaks. In the foreground at the bottom are hills, a river, and the red and white streaks of car lights. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 14, 2025 · Copyrighted

Meteors and Satellite Trails over the Limay River

Image Credit & Copyright: Martín MolinéTwo images are shown side by side. On the left is a sunset seen from Earth, while on the right is a sunset seen from Mars. The Earth sunset is quite orange, while the Mars sunset is quite blue. The Sun appears angularly smaller from Mars th June 15, 2025 · Copyrighted

Two Worlds, One Sun

Left Image Credit & Copyright: Damia Bouic ; Right Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , MSSS ; Digital processing: Damia BouicAPOD is 30 Years Old Today June 16, 2025

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Image Credit: Pixelization of Van Gogh’s The Starry Night by Dario GiannobileA starfield is covered with a light red glow. Several nebulas are seen near the center. The famous Rosette nebula appears in blue and white near the image bottom. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 17, 2025

Rosette Nebula Deep Field

Image Credit: Toni Fabiani MéndezA detailed view of part of Earth's Moon is shown with many craters visible. On the lower right, silhouetted against the comparatively bright Moon, is a small dark silhouette of the International Space Station. Many of the solar panels on th June 18, 2025 · Copyrighted

Space Station Silhouette on the Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Eric HollandNGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble June 19, 2025 · Copyrighted

NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble

Image Credit & Copyright: Vikas ChanderMajor Lunar Standstill 2024-2025 June 20, 2025 · Copyrighted

Major Lunar Standstill 2024-2025

Image Credit & Copyright: Luca Vanzella , Alister LingTwo Worlds, Two Analemmas June 21, 2025 · Copyrighted

Two Worlds, Two Analemmas

Image Credit: (left) Copyright : Tunc Tezel ( TWAN ) – (right): NASA /JPL/Cornell/ASU/TAMUThe image looks down on an orange rock on Mars. On the rock are many nearly spherical smaller rocks. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 22, 2025

A Berry Bowl of Martian Spherules

Image Credit: NASA , JPL , Curiosity RoverA star field is shown in infrared light. In the center is an extremely complex nebula that is outlines an iconic heart. Glowing gas shades the center of the heart red. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 23, 2025 · Copyrighted

W5: Pillars of Star Formation

Image Credit: NASA , WISE , IRSA ; Processing & Copyright : Francesco AntonucciA sprawling spiral galaxy is shown in great detail. This galaxy has blue spiral arms and a bright center that itself seems to look like a spiral galaxy. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 24, 2025 · Copyrighted

In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble , ESO ; Processing & Copyright: Robert GendlerRubin's First Look: A Sagittarius Skyscape June 25, 2025

Rubin's First Look: A Sagittarius Skyscape

Image Credit & License: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin ObservatoryThe Seagull Nebula June 26, 2025 · Copyrighted

The Seagull Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Timothy MartinMessier 109 June 27, 2025 · Copyrighted

Messier 109

Image Credit & Copyright: Robert EderLunar Farside June 28, 2025

Lunar Farside

Image Credit: NASA / GSFC / Arizona State Univ. / Lunar Reconnaissance OrbiterViewed from above, a landscape on Mars features many ridges of pink sand. Superposed on some of these ridges are thin brown stipes. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 29, 2025

Dark Sand Cascades on Mars

Image Credit: NASA , HiRISE , MRO , LPL (U. Arizona) ,A spiral galaxy is shown with an unusual feature. Faint wisps of stars are seen both above and below the galaxy. A wisp above appears like an umbrella. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 30, 2025

NGC 4651: The Umbrella Galaxy

Image Credit: Rabeea Alkuwari & Anas Almajed

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