Astronomy Picture of the Day · July 2025

APOD, July 2025

31 entries from July 2025: 30 images and 1 videos. 19 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

A fisheye image of the sky is shown on the left with the landscape-foreground surrounding it. The plane of our Milky Way Galaxy runs down the center. At first glance the sky looks like oddly like an eye of a dragon. Please see the explanati July 1, 2025 · Copyrighted

Eye Sky a Dragon

Image Credit & Copyright: Anton KomlevA skyscape is seen above an water inlet. Two rock spires rise from the sea, and the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy is seen between them. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 2, 2025 · Copyrighted

Milky Way Through Otago Spires

Image Credit & Copyright: Kavan Chay ; Text: Ogetay Kayali ( Michigan Tech U. )A starfield is shown with constellations annotated. The band of our Milky Way galaxy runs diagonally from the upper left to the lower right. Just above the image center is a faint dot that is annotated in yellow -- V462 LUPI, a nova that wa July 3, 2025 · Copyrighted

Nova V462 Lupi Now Visible

Image Credit & Copyright: Matipon Tangmatitham ( NARIT )NGC 6946 and NGC 6939 July 4, 2025 · Copyrighted

NGC 6946 and NGC 6939

Image Credit & Copyright: Alberto PisabarroOu4: The Giant Squid Nebula July 5, 2025 · Copyrighted

Ou4: The Giant Squid Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Massimo Di FuscoA computer construction of what the north pole of Mars looks like. The picture was constructed from measured altitude data. A spiral landscape is seen that is colored red but is mostly covered with white ice. Please see the explanation for July 6, 2025

The Spiral North Pole of Mars

Image Credit: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin ; NASA MGS MOLA Science TeamA drawing of our Solar System shows the orbits of Jupiter and interior planets. A white line shows the trajectory of passing comet 3I/ATLAS. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 7, 2025

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Image Credit: NASA , JPL-CaltechA cluster of bright blue stars is seen near the bottom of this starfield. Nebula around the stars is blue near the stars but red elsewhere. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 8, 2025 · Copyrighted

The Pleiades in Red and Blue

Image Credit & Copyright: Ogetay Kayali ( Michigan Tech U. ) Text: Ogetay Kayali ( Michigan Tech U. )A Beautiful Trifid July 9, 2025 · Copyrighted

A Beautiful Trifid

Image Credit & Copyright: Alessandro Cipolat BaresLynds Dark Nebula 1251 July 10, 2025 · Copyrighted

Lynds Dark Nebula 1251

Image Credit & Copyright: Cristiano GualcoThe Veins of Heaven July 11, 2025 · Copyrighted

The Veins of Heaven

Image Credit & Copyright: P-M Hedén ( Clear Skies , TWAN )Clouds and the Golden Moon July 12, 2025 · Copyrighted

Clouds and the Golden Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Alexsandro MotaA dark starfield appears around an unusually shaped nebula. The nebula has two main lobes on the left and the right and may seem to resemble an ant. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 13, 2025

Planetary Nebula Mz3: The Ant Nebula

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , R. Sahai ( JPL ) et al., Hubble Heritage TeamAn unusual galaxy is shown that appears lens-like in overall shape yet has various rings of stars around the center. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 14, 2025 · Copyrighted

NGC 2685: The Helix Galaxy

Image Credit & Copyright: Stefan ThrunA view of the surface of Mars shows an unusual feature -- a seemingly square crater bounded on three sides. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 15, 2025

Collapse in Hebes Chasma on Mars

Image Credit & License: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin ( G. Neukum )A deep image of the Rosette Nebula is shown along with a field of stars. As many color filters were used, the flowery nebula takes on many colors with blue in the center, yellow and orange around the blue, and red around the outside. Please July 16, 2025

The Rosette Nebula from DECam

Image Credit: CTIO , NOIRLab , DOE , NSF , AURA ; Processing: T. A. Rector ( U. Alaska Anchorage ), D. de Martin ( NSF ‘s NOIRLab ) & M. Zamani3I/ATLAS July 17, 2025

3I/ATLAS

Image Credit: Gemini Observatory/ NOIRLab /NSF/AURA/K. Meech (IfA/U. Hawaii) Processing: Jen Miller, Mahdi Zamani (NSF/NOIRLab)ISS Meets Saturn July 18, 2025 · Copyrighted

ISS Meets Saturn

Image Credit & Copyright: A.J. SmadiMessier 6 July 19, 2025 · Copyrighted

Messier 6

Image Credit & Copyright: Xinran LiLunar Nearside July 20, 2025

Lunar Nearside

Image Credit: NASA / GSFC / Arizona State Univ. / Lunar Reconnaissance OrbiterIn a starfield a nebula appears that has three main bright regions surrounding a dark central nebula. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 21, 2025

Cat's Paw Nebula from Webb Space Telescope

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , STScIA nearly circular nebula with two rings is shown. The outer ring appears orange while while the inner rings is more complex and appears blue. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 22, 2025

A Double Detonation Supernova

Image Credit: ESO , P. Das et al.; Background stars ( NASA / Hubble ): K. Noll et al.A bright streak is pictured through a starry sky over a beach spotted with the husks of dead trees. The rollover shows the resulting smoke trail from the bright meteor. Moving the cursor over the image will bring up an annotated version. Cl July 23, 2025 · Copyrighted

Fireball over Cape San Blas

Image Credit & Copyright: Jason RiceTitan Shadow Transit July 24, 2025 · Copyrighted

Titan Shadow Transit

Image Credit & Copyright: Volodymyr AndrienkoTwelve Years of Kappa Cygnids July 25, 2025 · Copyrighted

Twelve Years of Kappa Cygnids

Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek , Josef Kujal , Tomáš Slovinský ; Acknowledgement: Mahdi ZamaniGlobular Cluster Omega Centauri July 26, 2025 · Copyrighted

Globular Cluster Omega Centauri

Image Credit & Copyright: Data acquisition – SkyFlux Team, Processing – Leo ShatzA volcano is shown with its peak in the midst of purple clouds. Lightning appears to come out of the top of the volcano in multiple paths into the upper sky. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 27, 2025

Lightning over the Volcano of Water

Image Credit: Sergio Montúfar ( Pinceladas Nocturnas )Video July 28, 2025 · Video

Collision at Asteroid Dimorphos

Video Credit: ASI , NASA , Johns Hopkins APL , DART , LICIACube , LUKE , IOPA nearly circular nebula with a blue core surrounded by small white knots, an orange ring and expansive red strucures. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 29, 2025 · Copyrighted

A Helix Nebula Deep Field

Image Credit & Copyright: George ChatzifrantzisFour images of the Sun's edge are shown. In each a loop of bright material is captured above the Sun's surface. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. July 30, 2025 · Copyrighted

Coronal Loops on the Sun

Image Credit & Copyright: Andrea VanoniSupernova 2025rbs in NGC 7331 July 31, 2025

Supernova 2025rbs in NGC 7331

Image Credit: Ben Godson (University of Warwick)

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