Astronomy Picture of the Day · August 2025

APOD, August 2025

31 entries from August 2025: 29 images and 2 videos. 23 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

Small Dark Nebula August 1, 2025 · Copyrighted

Small Dark Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Peter BresselerFireflies, Meteors, and Milky Way August 2, 2025 · Copyrighted

Fireflies, Meteors, and Milky Way

Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel KoronaA starscape is shown with the central band of the Milky Way Galaxy running down the center. Just to the left of the Milky Way is a bright meteor. In the three frame time-lapse image, the meteor explodes and gas and dust drift away. Please s August 3, 2025 · Copyrighted

Milky Way and Exploding Meteor

Image Credit & Copyright: Andre van der HoevenThe Andromeda Galaxy is shown just right of center, while some unusual blue arcs appear to its left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 4, 2025 · Copyrighted

Blue Arcs Toward Andromeda

Image Credit & Copyright: Ogle et al .A starfield is shown dominated by a complex nebula shown with many red filaments and with a light glow in a region near the center. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 5, 2025

NGC 6072: A Complex Planetary Nebula from Webb

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , STScI , JWSTA starfield has the Andromeda galaxy in the center. Streaking down from the top is a green line with several bright segments -- a meteor captured coincidently. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 6, 2025 · Copyrighted

Meteor before Galaxy

Image Credit & Copyright: Fritz Helmut HemmerichThe Double Cluster in Perseus August 7, 2025 · Copyrighted

The Double Cluster in Perseus

Image Credit & Copyright: Ron BrecherDawn of the Crab August 8, 2025

Dawn of the Crab

Image and Text Credit: Bradley E. SchaeferInterstellar Interloper 3I/ATLAS from Hubble August 9, 2025

Interstellar Interloper 3I/ATLAS from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , David Jewitt ( UCLA ) et al. – Processing; Joseph DePasquale ( STScI )A night sky is shown above a road going off into the distance. An unusual area of brightened sky that does not block background stars appears diagonally from the lower right across the sky. Please see the explanation for more detailed infor August 10, 2025 · Copyrighted

Zodiacal Road

Image Credit & Copyright: Ruslan Merzlyakov ( astrorms )Video August 11, 2025 · Video

Closest Ever Images Near the Sun

Video Credit: NASA , JHUAPL , Naval Research Lab , Parker Solar ProbeA starfield is shown above a grassy field with hills on the horizon. The band of our Milky Way Galaxy arches across toward the right. Many streaks appear emanating out from a place on the Milky Way just above the horizon. Please see the exp August 12, 2025 · Copyrighted

Perseids from Perseus

Image Credit & Copyright: Marcin RosadzińskiA bright nebula occupies the center of the frame. The nebula is complex but roughly tan in the center and red around the edges. In the center are four bright blue stars. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 13, 2025

Trapezium: In the Heart of Orion

Image Credit: Data: Hubble Legacy Archive , Processing: Robert GendlerM13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules August 14, 2025 · Copyrighted

M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

Image Credit & Copyright: R. Jay GabanyMoonlight, Planets, and Perseids August 15, 2025 · Copyrighted

Moonlight, Planets, and Perseids

Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai ( TWAN )A Cool GIF of a 2025 Perseid August 16, 2025 · Copyrighted

A Cool GIF of a 2025 Perseid

Image Credit & Copyright: Renaud & Olivier CoppeTrees and mountains line the bottom of a landscape image with blue sky visible above. The sky is otherwise dominated by a large and unusual cloud that is brown and gold and has many waves and structures. Please see the explanation for more August 17, 2025 · Copyrighted

Asperitas Clouds Over New Zealand

Image Credit & Copyright: Witta PriesterA large spiral galaxy appears with stars in the foreground and smaller galaxies far in the background. The picturesque spiral has dark dust lanes between blue arms. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 18, 2025

NGC 1309: A Useful Spiral Galaxy

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble ; Processing: L. Galbany , S. Jha, K. Noll, A. RiessGiant Galaxies in Pavo August 19, 2025 · Copyrighted

Giant Galaxies in Pavo

Image Credit & Copyright: Adam BlockA deep sky is shown with the band of our Milky Way Galaxy running from the upper left to the lower right. The streaks or many curved meteors are seen. In the foreground a beach is seen with an unusual rock outcrop that has an opening. Pleas August 20, 2025 · Copyrighted

Perseid Meteors from Durdle Door

Image Credit & Copyright: Josh DuryMostly Perseids August 21, 2025 · Copyrighted

Mostly Perseids

Image Credit & Copyright: Klaus PillwatschA Tale of Two Nebulae August 22, 2025 · Copyrighted

A Tale of Two Nebulae

Image Credit & Copyright: Kent BiggsFishing for the Moon August 23, 2025 · Copyrighted

Fishing for the Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Bellellihe featured image shows the center of the Crab Nebula in colors mapped to Hubble, Chandra, and Spitzer space telescopes. The Crab pulsar appears in the center surrounded by a spinning disk. Please see the explanation for more detailed infor August 24, 2025

The Spinning Pulsar of the Crab Nebula

Image Credit: NASA : X-ray: Chandra (CXC) , Optical: Hubble (STScI) , Infrared: Spitzer (JPL-Caltech)A starfield surrounds the bright blue stars of a star cluster: the Pleiades star cluster. Nearly horizontally across the cluster is a bright green streak, most likely a meteor. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 25, 2025 · Copyrighted

The Meteor and the Star Cluster

Image Credit & Copyright: Yousif Alqasimi & Essa Al JasmiVideo August 26, 2025 · Video · Copyrighted

A Leaky Solar Prominence

Video Credit & Copyright: Andrea GironesA dark field has a series of light-colored elliptical rings in the center. Between two of the rings is a yellow-colored spot. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 27, 2025 · Copyrighted

WISPIT 2b: Exoplanet Carves Gap in Birth Disk

Image Credit: ESO , VLT , SPHERE ; Processing & Copyright: ESO , Richelle van Capelleveen ( Leiden Obs. ) et al. ; Text: Ogetay Kayali ( MTU )Galaxies, Stars, and Dust August 28, 2025 · Copyrighted

Galaxies, Stars, and Dust

Image Credit & Copyright: Robert EderA Dark Veil in Ophiuchus August 29, 2025 · Copyrighted

A Dark Veil in Ophiuchus

Image Credit & Copyright: Katelyn BeecroftA Two Percent Moon August 30, 2025 · Copyrighted

A Two Percent Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Marina ProlA starfield surrounds a bright nebula. The nebula is somewhat rectangular like a pillow and is mostly white with brown filaments inside and blue shells surrounding. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. August 31, 2025

NGC 7027: The Pillow Planetary Nebula

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble ; Processing: Delio Tolivia Cadrecha

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