Astronomy Picture of the Day · June 2026

APOD, June 2026

30 entries from June 2026: 28 images and 2 videos. 19 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.

Saturn at Night June 1, 2026

Saturn at Night

Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , Space Science Institute , Mindaugas MacijauskasThe starfield is filled with many red nebulas, areas of dark dust, and light blue filaments. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 2, 2026 · Copyrighted

The Vela Supernova Remnant

Image Credit & Copyright: José MtanousWispy clouds of dust and gas in the Milky Way obscure the image. Milky Way stars are scattered across the image. Andromeda is a tight spiral of gas, dust, and stars that occupies the middle background. A couple smaller galaxies look like sm June 3, 2026 · Copyrighted

Andromeda Through Gas and Dust

Image Credit & Copyright: Nick Fritz Text: Keighley Rockcliffe ( NASA GSFC , UMBC CSST , CRESST II )A spherical nebula shows concentric rings of different colors over a dark background with a few stars. June 4, 2026

A Planetary Nebula with Cosmic Buckyballs

Image Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / J. Cami ( Western University ); Image Processing: K. Beecroft Text: Jan Cami ( Western University ) & Cecilia Chirenti ( NASA GSFC , UMCP , CRESST II )The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies June 5, 2026 · Copyrighted

The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies

Image Credit & Copyright: Rafael SampaioCharon: Moon of Pluto June 6, 2026

Charon: Moon of Pluto

Image Credit: NASA , Johns Hopkins Univ./APL , Southwest Research Institute , U.S. Naval ObservatoryThe silhouette of a person appears on a hill with a starfield in the background. The person's arms are extended to each side, and near each hand is a bright orb -- which are really Jupiter (on the right) and Venus on the left. Please see th June 7, 2026 · Copyrighted

Jupiter and Venus from Earth

Image Credit & Copyright: Marek Nikodem ( PPSAE )A starfield shows many red nebulas near the center. Running vertically up the left side are about 20 images of a comet, with the head towards the image bottom. Successively higher images of the comet show successively shorter tails. Please June 8, 2026 · Copyrighted

Comet R3 PanSTARRS Through Time

Image Credit & Copyright: Jakub Kuřák & Martin Mašek ( FZU of the Czech Academy of Sciences )A starfield surrounds a complex nebula with many red and blue filaments. Dark streams of dust also populate the nebula. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 9, 2026 · Copyrighted

Thor's Helmet

Image Credit & Copyright: Josep Drudis , Christian SasseGas, dust, and stars are scattered across the image. A dark silhouette that looks like an eagle swoops downward towards three small pillars of gas. Other gas and dust pillar-like features reach out of the surrounding nebula. A central clust June 10, 2026 · Copyrighted

The Eagle Nebula and Friends

Image Credit & Copyright: Emmanuel Delgadillo Text: Keighley Rockcliffe ( NASA GSFC , UMBC CSST , CRESST II )A delicate nebula in shades of blue and purple shines in front of a dark field of stars. The shape of the nebula resembles a mermaid. June 11, 2026 · Copyrighted

The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant

Image Credit & Copyright: Data acquisition: Sy Ming Wong; Processing: Guangyan Gao Text: Cecilia Chirenti ( NASA GSFC , UMCP , CRESST II )Venus and Jupiter: Conjunction from Avebury June 12, 2026 · Copyrighted

Venus and Jupiter: Conjunction from Avebury

Image Credit & Copyright: Josh DuryInterplanetary Earth June 13, 2026

Interplanetary Earth

Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA & NASA / JHU Applied Physics Lab / Carnegie Inst. WashingtonA sunset sky is shown in four vertical bands. Two bright planets appear getting closer together from left to right. The dates of the images appear at the bottom. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 14, 2026 · Copyrighted

10 Days of Venus and Jupiter

Image Credit & Copyright: Aditya PawarThe disk of the Sun is shown with a rocket launching through it. The rising rocket shows a plume behind it and three unusual waves curve around its top tip. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 15, 2026 · Copyrighted

Triple Shockwave from Sun Crossing Rocket

Image Credit & Copyright: John Winkopp ( WAI Media )Saturn is shown up close with its ring plane running up diagonally from the lower right. Two small moons are visible. Near the top of the planet are large dark bands that are shadows of the rings onto Saturn's cloud tops. Please see the exp June 16, 2026

Moons, Rings, Shadows, Clouds: Saturn (Cassini)

Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , Space Science InstituteA gaseous structure that resembles a hamster wheel sits near the center of the image. Inside is a bright white dwarf star. There is a larger asymmetric gas bubble surrounding the inner nebula. A galaxy sits to the bottom right. The backgrou June 17, 2026 · Copyrighted

Longmore 8: The Hamster Wheel Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Mazlin , Parker, Forman, Magill, Hanson Text: Keighley Rockcliffe ( NASA GSFC , UMBC CSST , CRESST II )A composite image shows a field of stars on a dark background, together X-rays in blue and radio in red June 18, 2026 · Copyrighted

Possible Supernova Remnant in Galactic Center

Image Credit & Copyright: X-ray: NASA / CXC / UCLA / Z. Zhu et al.; ESA / XMM-Newton ; Optical: PanSTARRS ; Radio: MeerKAT ; Image Processing: NASA / CXC / SAO / L. Frattare and P. Edmonds Text: Cecilia Chirenti ( NASA GSFC , UMCP , CRESST II )A sunset sky is seen above a dark sloping horizon. A tall tree is on the left. The sky is partly cloudy with a crescent Moon on the upper right and a bright planet just to the right of the tree. Next to the tree in the foreground on the rig June 19, 2026 · Copyrighted

Starry Night II

Image Credit & Copyright: Rodrigo Guerra , Original Painting: Vincent van GoghDaytime Moon Meets Evening Star June 20, 2026 · Copyrighted

Daytime Moon Meets Evening Star

Image Credit & Copyright: Debra CeravoloAn image of the sky over the Netherlands taken every 15 seconds during 2025. Visible are night, day, solstices, equinoxes, moonglow, the blue hour, and more. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 21, 2026

Keogram: The Sky in 2025

Image Credit & License: Cees Bassa ( Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy )A starfield surrounds a large and colorful nebula. Red spokes poke out from the outside of the nebula in some directions, while a blue haze appears in other directions. The nebula center is multicolored. Please see the explanation for more June 22, 2026 · Copyrighted

M27: The Dumbbell Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Francesco AntonucciVideo June 23, 2026 · Video

Flying Past Neptune's Moon Triton

Image Credit: NASA ; JPL , Voyager 2, Digital composition: Paul Schenk ( LPI , USRA )Video June 24, 2026 · Video

SDO Observes a Coronal Mass Ejection

Video Credit: NASA , SDO , AIA ; Processing: Richard Petarius III ( MTU ) Text: Keighley Rockcliffe ( NASA GSFC , UMBC CSST , CRESST II )A landscape with an open horizon shows sunset color and coverging rays of light. June 25, 2026 · Copyrighted

Anticrepuscular Rays over Sicily

Image Credit & Copyright: Marcella Giulia Pace Text: Cecilia Chirenti ( NASA GSFC , UMCP , CRESST II )Milky Way Urban Style June 26, 2026 · Copyrighted

Milky Way Urban Style

Image Credit & Copyright: Shingoo LeeMars Marathon by Perseverance June 27, 2026

Mars Marathon by Perseverance

Image Credit: NASA , LPL (U. Arizona) , MRO , HiRISEThe Sun is pictured in yellow with surface structure. In the middle of the frame are many circuitous dark spots. The edge of the Sun is visible at the top of the image. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 28, 2026 · Copyrighted

AR 4478: Giant Sunspot Group

Image Credit & Copyright: Alfredo Vidal PérezA starfield surrounds an unusual object with a band of diffuse white crossing horizontally. Emanating out from the band toward both the top and the bottom of the frame is an orange and red nebula. Please see the explanation for more detaile June 29, 2026

M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind

Image Credit: NASA , ESA , CSA , A. Smercina (STScI, Tufts), T. Williams (U. Manchester); Image Processing: A. Pagan (STScI)Dark space surrounds a gray peanut sized object. The object has a surface that has many rough nodules but also some relatively smooth sections. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. June 30, 2026

Unusually Smooth Sections of Asteroid Itokawa

Image Credit: JAXA , ISAS

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