Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2025
APOD 2025
365 entries from 2025: 343 images and 22 videos. 224 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
December 31, 2025 HH-222: The Waterfall Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Selby
November 30, 2025 The Surface of Titan from Huygens
Image Credit: ESA , NASA , JPL , U. Arizona , Huygens Lander
October 31, 2025 Ghosts in Cassiopeia
Image Credit & Copyright: Alex Rodriguez
September 30, 2025 Comet Lemmon Brightens
Image Credit & Copyright: Victor Sabet & Julien De Winter
August 31, 2025 NGC 7027: The Pillow Planetary Nebula
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble ; Processing: Delio Tolivia Cadrecha
July 31, 2025 Supernova 2025rbs in NGC 7331
Image Credit: Ben Godson (University of Warwick)Thumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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December 2025 (31)
- Dec 31 HH-222: The Waterfall Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 30 An Artificial Comet Copyrighted
- Dec 29 M1: The Crab Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 28 NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud
- Dec 27 Apollo 17's Moonship
- Dec 26 3I/ATLAS Flyby Copyrighted
- Dec 25 Unicorn, Fox Fur and Christmas Tree Copyrighted
- Dec 24 Mystery: Little Red Dots in the Early Universe
- Dec 23 Red Sprites and Circular Elves Lightning over Italy Copyrighted
- Dec 22 Sunset Solstice over Stonehenge Copyrighted
- Dec 21 Solstice on a Spinning Earth Video
- Dec 20 A Solstice Sun Tattoo Copyrighted
- Dec 19 Long Shadows of the Montes Caucasus Copyrighted
- Dec 18 Jupiter and the Meteors from Gemini Copyrighted
- Dec 17 W5: The Soul Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 16 Andromeda and Sprites over Australia Copyrighted
- Dec 15 Gemini Meteors over Snow Capped Mountains Copyrighted
- Dec 14 Juno Flyby of Ganymede and Jupiter Video
- Dec 13 Orion and the Ocean of Storms
- Dec 12 Northern Fox Fires Copyrighted
- Dec 11 Galaxies in the River Copyrighted
- Dec 10 The Horsehead Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 9 The Heart of the Soul Nebula Copyrighted
- Dec 8 Flying Over the Earth at Night Video
- Dec 7 The Sun and Its Missing Colors
- Dec 6 Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater
- Dec 5 The Bipolar Jets of KX Andromedae Copyrighted
- Dec 4 Galaxies in the Furnace Copyrighted
- Dec 3 Visualization: Near a Black Hole and Disk
- Dec 2 M77: Spiral Galaxy with an Active Center
- Dec 1 3I/ATLAS: Tails of an Interstellar Comet Copyrighted
November 2025 (30)
- Nov 30 The Surface of Titan from Huygens
- Nov 29 Moon Games Copyrighted
- Nov 28 NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula Copyrighted
- Nov 27 Portrait of NGC 1055 Copyrighted
- Nov 26 Globular Cluster M15 Deep Field Copyrighted
- Nov 25 Comet Lemmon and the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Nov 24 Apep: Unusual Dust Shells from Webb
- Nov 23 The Observable Universe
- Nov 22 Dione and Rhea Ring Transit Copyrighted
- Nov 21 3I/ATLAS: A View from Planet Earth Copyrighted
- Nov 20 Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka Copyrighted
- Nov 19 Chamaeleon Dark Nebulas Copyrighted
- Nov 18 The Galactic Plane: Radio Versus Visible Video
- Nov 17 Comet Lemmon's Wandering Tail
- Nov 16 Crossing Saturn's Ring Plane
- Nov 15 Andromeda and Friends Copyrighted
- Nov 14 Florida Northern Lights Copyrighted
- Nov 13 Orion and the Running Man Copyrighted
- Nov 12 A Super Lunar Corona Copyrighted
- Nov 11 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
- Nov 10 Micro Moon vs. Super Moon Copyrighted
- Nov 9 Road to the Galactic Center Copyrighted
- Nov 8 A Full Moon at Perigee Copyrighted
- Nov 7 A Dark Seahorse in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Nov 6 NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe Copyrighted
- Nov 5 Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370 from Hubble
- Nov 4 Comet Lemmon Beyond Lomnický Peak Copyrighted
- Nov 3 A Double Helix Lunar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Nov 2 A Horseshoe Einstein Ring from Hubble
- Nov 1 Pleiades from Planet Earth Copyrighted
October 2025 (31)
- Oct 31 Ghosts in Cassiopeia Copyrighted
- Oct 30 Lynds Dark Nebula 43 Copyrighted
- Oct 29 Dust Shapes of the Ghost Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 28 NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 27 Two Tails of Comet Lemmon
- Oct 26 Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
- Oct 25 Webb's Rho Ophiuchi
- Oct 24 Saturn at Night
- Oct 23 SWAN, Swan, Eagle Copyrighted
- Oct 22 Comet Lemmon over the High Tatras Copyrighted
- Oct 21 IC 1805: The Heart Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 20 Finding Comet Lemmon Copyrighted
- Oct 19 Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko Creates Its Tails
- Oct 18 3D Bennu Copyrighted
- Oct 17 Ida and Dactyl: Asteroid and Moon
- Oct 16 Young Suns of NGC 7129 Copyrighted
- Oct 15 Rocket Launch Plume over Tucson Copyrighted
- Oct 14 An Unusual Globule in IC 1396 Copyrighted
- Oct 13 Lemmon Tree Copyrighted
- Oct 12 All the Water on Europa Copyrighted
- Oct 11 Manicouagan Impact Crater from Space
- Oct 10 50 Light-years to 51 Pegasi Copyrighted
- Oct 9 The Jenga Moon Copyrighted
- Oct 8 NGC 7380: The Wizard Nebula Copyrighted
- Oct 7 SN Encore: A Second Supernova Seen Several Times
- Oct 6 The Changing Ion Tail of Comet Lemmon Copyrighted
- Oct 5 A Long Storm System on Saturn
- Oct 4 The Rotating Moon Video
- Oct 3 Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies
- Oct 2 Pluto at Night
- Oct 1 NGC 6960: The Witch's Broom Nebula Copyrighted
September 2025 (30)
- Sep 30 Comet Lemmon Brightens Copyrighted
- Sep 29 Two Camera Comets in One Sky Copyrighted
- Sep 28 Leopard Spots on Martian Rocks
- Sep 27 A Rocket in the Sun Copyrighted
- Sep 26 A SWAN, an ATLAS, and Mars Copyrighted
- Sep 25 Saturn Opposite the Sun Copyrighted
- Sep 24 GW250114: Rotating Black Holes Collide
- Sep 23 NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars
- Sep 22 Equinox at Saturn Copyrighted
- Sep 21 Equinox Sunset
- Sep 20 Gibbous vs Crescent Copyrighted
- Sep 19 The NGC 6914 Complex Copyrighted
- Sep 18 Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) Copyrighted
- Sep 17 Nebulas and Clusters in Sagittarius Copyrighted
- Sep 16 New Comet SWAN25B over Mexico Copyrighted
- Sep 15 Earth During a Powerful Solar Storm Video
- Sep 14 Planets of the Solar System: Tilts and Spins Video
- Sep 13 Star Trails over One-Mile Radio Telescope Copyrighted
- Sep 12 Lunar Eclipse in Two Hemispheres Copyrighted
- Sep 11 The Umbra of Earth Copyrighted
- Sep 10 The Great Lacerta Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 9 Up from the Earth: Gigantic Jet Lightning
- Sep 8 IRAS 04302: Butterfly Disk Planet Formation
- Sep 7 All the Water on Planet Earth
- Sep 6 Sardinia Sunset Copyrighted
- Sep 5 47 Tucanae: Globular Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Sep 4 NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge Copyrighted
- Sep 3 Cir X-1: Jets in the Africa Nebula
- Sep 2 The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas Copyrighted
- Sep 1 Callisto: Dirty Battered Iceball
August 2025 (31)
- Aug 31 NGC 7027: The Pillow Planetary Nebula
- Aug 30 A Two Percent Moon Copyrighted
- Aug 29 A Dark Veil in Ophiuchus Copyrighted
- Aug 28 Galaxies, Stars, and Dust Copyrighted
- Aug 27 WISPIT 2b: Exoplanet Carves Gap in Birth Disk Copyrighted
- Aug 26 A Leaky Solar Prominence Video Copyrighted
- Aug 25 The Meteor and the Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Aug 24 The Spinning Pulsar of the Crab Nebula
- Aug 23 Fishing for the Moon Copyrighted
- Aug 22 A Tale of Two Nebulae Copyrighted
- Aug 21 Mostly Perseids Copyrighted
- Aug 20 Perseid Meteors from Durdle Door Copyrighted
- Aug 19 Giant Galaxies in Pavo Copyrighted
- Aug 18 NGC 1309: A Useful Spiral Galaxy
- Aug 17 Asperitas Clouds Over New Zealand Copyrighted
- Aug 16 A Cool GIF of a 2025 Perseid Copyrighted
- Aug 15 Moonlight, Planets, and Perseids Copyrighted
- Aug 14 M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules Copyrighted
- Aug 13 Trapezium: In the Heart of Orion
- Aug 12 Perseids from Perseus Copyrighted
- Aug 11 Closest Ever Images Near the Sun Video
- Aug 10 Zodiacal Road Copyrighted
- Aug 9 Interstellar Interloper 3I/ATLAS from Hubble
- Aug 8 Dawn of the Crab
- Aug 7 The Double Cluster in Perseus Copyrighted
- Aug 6 Meteor before Galaxy Copyrighted
- Aug 5 NGC 6072: A Complex Planetary Nebula from Webb
- Aug 4 Blue Arcs Toward Andromeda Copyrighted
- Aug 3 Milky Way and Exploding Meteor Copyrighted
- Aug 2 Fireflies, Meteors, and Milky Way Copyrighted
- Aug 1 Small Dark Nebula Copyrighted
July 2025 (31)
- Jul 31 Supernova 2025rbs in NGC 7331
- Jul 30 Coronal Loops on the Sun Copyrighted
- Jul 29 A Helix Nebula Deep Field Copyrighted
- Jul 28 Collision at Asteroid Dimorphos Video
- Jul 27 Lightning over the Volcano of Water
- Jul 26 Globular Cluster Omega Centauri Copyrighted
- Jul 25 Twelve Years of Kappa Cygnids Copyrighted
- Jul 24 Titan Shadow Transit Copyrighted
- Jul 23 Fireball over Cape San Blas Copyrighted
- Jul 22 A Double Detonation Supernova
- Jul 21 Cat's Paw Nebula from Webb Space Telescope
- Jul 20 Lunar Nearside
- Jul 19 Messier 6 Copyrighted
- Jul 18 ISS Meets Saturn Copyrighted
- Jul 17 3I/ATLAS
- Jul 16 The Rosette Nebula from DECam
- Jul 15 Collapse in Hebes Chasma on Mars
- Jul 14 NGC 2685: The Helix Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jul 13 Planetary Nebula Mz3: The Ant Nebula
- Jul 12 Clouds and the Golden Moon Copyrighted
- Jul 11 The Veins of Heaven Copyrighted
- Jul 10 Lynds Dark Nebula 1251 Copyrighted
- Jul 9 A Beautiful Trifid Copyrighted
- Jul 8 The Pleiades in Red and Blue Copyrighted
- Jul 7 Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
- Jul 6 The Spiral North Pole of Mars
- Jul 5 Ou4: The Giant Squid Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 4 NGC 6946 and NGC 6939 Copyrighted
- Jul 3 Nova V462 Lupi Now Visible Copyrighted
- Jul 2 Milky Way Through Otago Spires Copyrighted
- Jul 1 Eye Sky a Dragon Copyrighted
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June 2025 (30)
- Jun 30 NGC 4651: The Umbrella Galaxy
- Jun 29 Dark Sand Cascades on Mars
- Jun 28 Lunar Farside
- Jun 27 Messier 109 Copyrighted
- Jun 26 The Seagull Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 25 Rubin's First Look: A Sagittarius Skyscape
- Jun 24 In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61 Copyrighted
- Jun 23 W5: Pillars of Star Formation Copyrighted
- Jun 22 A Berry Bowl of Martian Spherules
- Jun 21 Two Worlds, Two Analemmas Copyrighted
- Jun 20 Major Lunar Standstill 2024-2025 Copyrighted
- Jun 19 NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble Copyrighted
- Jun 18 Space Station Silhouette on the Moon Copyrighted
- Jun 17 Rosette Nebula Deep Field
- Jun 16 APOD is 30 Years Old Today
- Jun 15 Two Worlds, One Sun Copyrighted
- Jun 14 Meteors and Satellite Trails over the Limay River Copyrighted
- Jun 13 Rubin's Galaxy
- Jun 12 Solar Eclipse Copyrighted
- Jun 11 25 Brightest Stars in the Night Sky Copyrighted
- Jun 10 Enceladus in True Color
- Jun 9 Between Scylla and Charybdis: A Double Cosmic Discovery
- Jun 8 Facing NGC 3344
- Jun 7 Perseverance Selfie with Ingenuity
- Jun 6 NGC 6302: The Butterfly Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 5 Savudrija Star Trails Copyrighted
- Jun 4 A Milky Road to the Rubin Observatory
- Jun 3 Rainbow Airglow over the Azores Copyrighted
- Jun 2 Veil Nebula: Wisps of an Ancient Supernova Copyrighted
- Jun 1 UGC 1810: Wildly Interacting Galaxy from Hubble Copyrighted
May 2025 (31)
- May 31 Afterimage Sunset Copyrighted
- May 30 Mars in the Loop Copyrighted
- May 29 Irregular Dwarf Galaxy Sextans A Copyrighted
- May 28 Herbig-Haro 24
- May 27 Zeta and Rho Ophiuchi with Milky Way Copyrighted
- May 26 Spiral Galaxy NGC 2566 from Webb
- May 25 Beneath Jupiter Copyrighted
- May 24 Deimos Before Sunrise
- May 23 NGC 6366 vs 47 Ophiuchi Copyrighted
- May 22 Curly Spiral Galaxy M63 Copyrighted
- May 21 International Space Station Crosses the Sun Copyrighted
- May 20 Milky Way over Maunakea Copyrighted
- May 19 Charon Flyover from New Horizons Video
- May 18 Pluto Flyover from New Horizons Video
- May 17 Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited
- May 16 Messier 101
- May 15 A Plutonian Landscape
- May 14 NGC 1360: The Robin's Egg Nebula Copyrighted
- May 13 Gaia Reconstructs a Top View of our Galaxy
- May 12 Gaia Reconstructs a Side View of our Galaxy
- May 11 The Surface of Venus from Venera 14 Copyrighted
- May 10 Yogi and Friends in 3D
- May 9 IXPE Explores a Black Hole Jet
- May 8 M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab
- May 7 Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82 Copyrighted
- May 6 The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes Video
- May 5 Planet Lines Across Water Copyrighted
- May 4 Spin up of a Supermassive Black Hole
- May 3 Titan: Moon over Saturn
- May 2 Young Star Cluster NGC 346
- May 1 MESSENGER's Last Day on Mercury
April 2025 (30)
- Apr 30 A Happy Sky over Bufa Hill in Mexico Copyrighted
- Apr 29 Saturn's Rings Appear to Disappear Copyrighted
- Apr 28 Gum 37 and the Southern Tadpoles Copyrighted
- Apr 27 IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula
- Apr 26 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 5335
- Apr 25 Asteroid Donaldjohanson
- Apr 24 NGC 6164: A Dragon's Egg Copyrighted
- Apr 23 An Almost Everything Sky Copyrighted
- Apr 22 Terminator Moon: A Moonscape of Shadows Copyrighted
- Apr 21 Galaxy Lenses Galaxy from Webb
- Apr 20 The Orion Nebula in Visible and Infrared Copyrighted
- Apr 19 Painting with Jupiter
- Apr 18 Comet C/2025 F2 SWAN Copyrighted
- Apr 17 Virgo Cluster Galaxies Copyrighted
- Apr 16 Halo of the Cat's Eye Copyrighted
- Apr 15 Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 from Webb
- Apr 14 The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT
- Apr 13 An Unusual Hole in Mars
- Apr 12 Moon Near the Edge Copyrighted
- Apr 11 The ISS Meets Venus Copyrighted
- Apr 10 38 Hours with the M81 Group Copyrighted
- Apr 9 HH 49: Interstellar Jet from Webb
- Apr 8 Moon Visits Sister Stars
- Apr 7 NGC 4414: A Flocculent Spiral Galaxy
- Apr 6 Moonquakes Surprisingly Common
- Apr 5 The Gargoyles' Eclipse Copyrighted
- Apr 4 Hickson 44 in Leo Copyrighted
- Apr 3 The Da Vinci Glow Copyrighted
- Apr 2 Jupiter and Ring in Infrared from Webb
- Apr 1 A Double Sunrise from a Partial Eclipse Video Copyrighted
March 2025 (31)
- Mar 31 Parker: The Solar System from Near the Sun Video
- Mar 30 A Partial Solar Eclipse over Iceland Copyrighted
- Mar 29 Stereo Helene
- Mar 28 Lunar Dust and Duct Tape
- Mar 27 Messier 81 Copyrighted
- Mar 26 Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 25 A Blue Banded Blood Moon Copyrighted
- Mar 24 A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Uruguay Video Copyrighted
- Mar 23 Ancient Ogunquit Beach on Mars
- Mar 22 SuperCam Target on Ma'az
- Mar 21 The Leo Trio Copyrighted
- Mar 20 The Solar Eclipse Analemma Project Copyrighted
- Mar 19 Blue Ghost's Diamond Ring
- Mar 18 LDN 1235: The Shark Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 17 Thor's Helmet Copyrighted
- Mar 16 Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
- Mar 15 Tololo Totality Copyrighted
- Mar 14 Moon Pi and Mountain Shadow Copyrighted
- Mar 13 The Protostars within Lynds 483
- Mar 12 NGC 772: The Fiddlehead Galaxy Copyrighted
- Mar 11 NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
- Mar 10 NGC 1499: The California Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 9 Cyclones at Jupiter's North Pole
- Mar 8 Galaxies in Space
- Mar 7 Planetary Nebula Abell 7 Copyrighted
- Mar 6 Starburst Galaxy Messier 94
- Mar 5 Seven Sisters versus California Copyrighted
- Mar 4 A Quadruple Alignment over Italy Copyrighted
- Mar 3 Blue Ghost on the Moon
- Mar 2 The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in Light and Sound Video
- Mar 1 Blue Ghost to the Moon
February 2025 (28)
- Feb 28 Athena to the Moon
- Feb 27 Open Star Clusters M35 and NGC 2158 Copyrighted
- Feb 26 Einstein Ring Surrounds Nearby Galaxy Center Copyrighted
- Feb 25 M41: The Little Beehive Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Feb 24 Light Pillar over Erupting Etna Copyrighted
- Feb 23 Saturn in Infrared from Cassini
- Feb 22 Rima Hyginus Copyrighted
- Feb 21 Hubble's Andromeda Galaxy Mosaic
- Feb 20 Messier 87
- Feb 19 HH 30: A Star System with Planets Now Forming
- Feb 18 Thor's Helmet versus the Seagull Copyrighted
- Feb 17 SpaceX Rocket Launch Plume over California Copyrighted
- Feb 16 Perijove 11: Passing Jupiter Video
- Feb 15 Parhelia at Abisko Copyrighted
- Feb 14 A Cosmic Rose: NGC 2237 in Monoceros Copyrighted
- Feb 13 Reflections on VdB 31 Copyrighted
- Feb 12 Asteroid Bennu Holds the Building Blocks of Life Video
- Feb 11 The Spider and the Fly Copyrighted
- Feb 10 Auroral Hummingbird over Norway Copyrighted
- Feb 9 Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles Copyrighted
- Feb 8 A Conjunction of Crescents Copyrighted
- Feb 7 LEDA 1313424: The Bullseye Galaxy
- Feb 6 IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 5 Comet G3 ATLAS Setting over a Chilean Hill Video Copyrighted
- Feb 4 Anticrepuscular Rays: A Rainbow Fan over Spain Copyrighted
- Feb 3 Wolf-Rayet Star 124: Stellar Wind Machine
- Feb 2 Comet G3 ATLAS Disintegrates
- Feb 1 Nacreous Clouds over Sweden Copyrighted
January 2025 (31)
- Jan 31 The Variable Nebula NGC 2261 Copyrighted
- Jan 30 Hydrogen Clouds of M33 Copyrighted
- Jan 29 Dust Shells around WR 140 from Webb
- Jan 28 Comet G3 ATLAS over Uruguay Copyrighted
- Jan 27 Pleiades over Half Dome Copyrighted
- Jan 26 The Many Tails of Comet G3 ATLAS Copyrighted
- Jan 25 Stardust in the Perseus Molecular Cloud Copyrighted
- Jan 24 Comet G3 ATLAS: a Tail and a Telescope Copyrighted
- Jan 23 NGC 7814: Little Sombrero Copyrighted
- Jan 22 The North America Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 21 Comet ATLAS over Brasília
- Jan 20 Comet ATLAS Rounds the Sun
- Jan 19 Titan Touchdown: Huygens Descent Movie Video
- Jan 18 Full Moon, Full Mars Copyrighted
- Jan 17 Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
- Jan 16 M83: The Southern Pinwheel
- Jan 15 Wolf Moon Engulfs Mars Copyrighted
- Jan 14 North Star: Polaris and Surrounding Dust Copyrighted
- Jan 13 Comet ATLAS Before Sunrise Copyrighted
- Jan 12 Mimas: Small Moon with a Big Crater
- Jan 11 An Evening Sky Full of Planets Copyrighted
- Jan 10 Young Stars, Dark Nebulae Copyrighted
- Jan 9 Peculiar Galaxies of Arp 273 Copyrighted
- Jan 8 Supernova Remnants Big and Small Copyrighted
- Jan 7 A New Year's Aurora and SAR Arc Copyrighted
- Jan 6 Colliding Spiral Galaxies from Webb and Hubble
- Jan 5 Rocket Launch as Seen from the International Space Station Video
- Jan 4 Welcome to Perihelion Copyrighted
- Jan 3 Eclipse Pair Copyrighted
- Jan 2 Solar Analemma 2024 Copyrighted
- Jan 1 Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System Copyrighted
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