Astronomy Picture of the Day · 2026
APOD 2026
301 entries from 2026: 272 images and 29 videos. 182 carry a copyright notice from the credited creator.
October 27, 2026 Noctilucent Clouds over Sweden
V. Höfer, D. Večerník & B. Večerníková
September 30, 2026 Arp 78: Peculiar Galaxy in Aries
Robert Eder
August 30, 2026 M74: A Grand Design Spiral
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI / AURA)- ESA / Hubble Collaboration Acknowledgment: R. Chandar (U. Toledo) & J. Miller (U. Michigan)
July 31, 2026 NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad
Alessandro Cipolat Bares
June 30, 2026 Unusually Smooth Sections of Asteroid Itokawa
Image Credit: JAXA , ISAS
May 31, 2026 Eagle Nebula Pillars in Infrared from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble , HLA ; Processing: Luis Romero VenturaThumbnails are loaded from their original addresses. Images remain the property of the credited creators.
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October 2026 (28)
- Oct 28 The Mutual Occultation of Ganymede and Io Video Copyrighted
- Oct 27 Noctilucent Clouds over Sweden Copyrighted
- Oct 26 M42: The Great Nebula in Orion Copyrighted
- Oct 25 Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe Copyrighted
- Oct 24 Rosetta's Selfie
- Oct 23 Andromeda in Southern Spring Copyrighted
- Oct 22 The First Green Star, WD J1330+6435 Copyrighted
- Oct 21 New Ghosts Revealed in Cassiopeia Copyrighted
- Oct 20 An Anticrepuscular Rainbow Fan Copyrighted
- Oct 19 Treble Clef: Unusual X-ray Hot Radio Source
- Oct 18 Sonified: Eagle Nebula Pillars Video
- Oct 17 3D 67P
- Oct 16 Chasing the International Space Station Video
- Oct 15 The Milky Way over Manhattan Copyrighted
- Oct 14 Mars and the Beehive Under an Aurora
- Oct 13 Desert Stairway to Heaven Copyrighted
- Oct 12 Jupiter and the Moons Copyrighted
- Oct 11 Ice Fishing for Cosmic Neutrinos
- Oct 10 Lunar Farside
- Oct 9 Stickney Crater
- Oct 8 The Saturn System Smörgåsbord
- Oct 7 Supernova Remnant Pa 30
- Oct 6 A Complete Auroral Oval from SMILE
- Oct 5 M104: The Sombrero Galaxy's Tidal Streams Copyrighted
- Oct 4 Supernumerary Rainbows over New Jersey Copyrighted
- Oct 3 Selfie at Vera Rubin Ridge
- Oct 2 The Complete Sharpless Catalog: 313 Nebulas
- Oct 1 Harvest Moon with Erupting Mount Etna Copyrighted
September 2026 (30)
- Sep 30 Arp 78: Peculiar Galaxy in Aries Copyrighted
- Sep 29 Sh2-188: The Shrimp Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 28 Cosmic Latte: The Average Color of the Universe
- Sep 27 Andromeda Before Photoshop Copyrighted
- Sep 26 Mirrored Meteor and Milky Way Copyrighted
- Sep 25 Globular Cluster Omega Centauri Copyrighted
- Sep 24 The Ghosts of Five Supernovas
- Sep 23 A New Lunar Crater: McGetchin
- Sep 22 Chance Triple Alignment: Plane, Space Station, Sun Copyrighted
- Sep 21 Cocoon Nebula Wide Field Copyrighted
- Sep 20 Analemma over the Callanish Stones Copyrighted
- Sep 19 A Zodiacal Night Copyrighted
- Sep 18 Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy Copyrighted
- Sep 17 A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula
- Sep 16 Webb's View of M64
- Sep 15 A Daytime Eclipse: Moon Occults Venus Copyrighted
- Sep 14 Where Your Elements Came From
- Sep 13 Comet NEOWISE Rising Over the Adriatic Sea Video Copyrighted
- Sep 12 Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
- Sep 11 M83: The Southern Pinwheel Copyrighted
- Sep 10 LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula Copyrighted
- Sep 9 Witness XZ Andromedae Wink Video
- Sep 8 Hubble: Decagon Around Saturn's South Pole
- Sep 7 The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars Copyrighted
- Sep 6 Pluto in Enhanced Color
- Sep 5 Chasing the Moon's Shadow
- Sep 4 Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola
- Sep 3 The Eclipse and the Stork Copyrighted
- Sep 2 Solar Eclipses and Culture Copyrighted
- Sep 1 A Plane Lunar Eclipse
August 2026 (31)
- Aug 31 Launch of the Roman Space Telescope Video
- Aug 30 M74: A Grand Design Spiral
- Aug 29 Eclipse Pair Copyrighted
- Aug 28 The Sky Turns Above Paranal Copyrighted
- Aug 27 Colorful Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall Copyrighted
- Aug 26 JWST Images The Lion's Head Nebula
- Aug 25 Earth's Shadow Visualized with Lunar Eclipses Copyrighted
- Aug 24 Comet 220P in Outburst Copyrighted
- Aug 23 Cassini Approaches Saturn Video Copyrighted
- Aug 22 Mostly Perseids Copyrighted
- Aug 21 Time Lapse of the Star S301 Orbiting the Black Hole in the Center of the Galaxy Video
- Aug 20 The Elephant's Trunk in Cepheus Copyrighted
- Aug 19 The Case of the Mysterious Maybe Meteor Video Copyrighted
- Aug 18 Perseids from Perseus
- Aug 17 A Golden Corona Eclipse Copyrighted
- Aug 16 Milky Way over Yellowstone Copyrighted
- Aug 15 Bright Perseids from Sweden Copyrighted
- Aug 14 Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland Copyrighted
- Aug 13 Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain Copyrighted
- Aug 12 Perseids over a Little Planet Copyrighted
- Aug 11 Six Moons of Saturn Copyrighted
- Aug 10 Three Galaxy Pairs Copyrighted
- Aug 9 Contemplating the Sun Copyrighted
- Aug 8 A Messier Moment for Tempel 2 Copyrighted
- Aug 7 Rubin's COSMOS Field Copyrighted
- Aug 6 New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability
- Aug 5 Spokes on Saturn's B Ring Copyrighted
- Aug 4 Curious Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula
- Aug 3 Vaporizing Meteor Photobombs the Lacerta Nebula Copyrighted
- Aug 2 A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia Copyrighted
- Aug 1 Buck Moon and Belt of Venus Copyrighted
July 2026 (31)
- Jul 31 NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad Copyrighted
- Jul 30 Red Sun through Wildfire Smoke Copyrighted
- Jul 29 Psyche Receives Gravity Assist from Mars Video
- Jul 28 Barnards Loop over Twin Volcanoes
- Jul 27 NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula
- Jul 26 Simulation TNG50: A Galaxy Cluster Forms Video
- Jul 25 Tranquility and Serenity Copyrighted
- Jul 24 RCW 86: Historical Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Jul 23 The Large Magellanic Cloud
- Jul 22 The Corona Australis Molecular Cloud and the Chandelier Cluster
- Jul 21 Turtle Rock on Mars
- Jul 20 NGC 3576: The Statue of Liberty Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 19 Flying Saucer Crash Lands in Utah Desert
- Jul 18 Shadow and Rainbow
- Jul 17 The Dust Trail of Comet Tempel 2 Copyrighted
- Jul 16 NGC 300: A Cosmic Gemstone with Stars and Gas Clouds Copyrighted
- Jul 15 Gigantic Jet Over the Tatacoa Desert Copyrighted
- Jul 14 Double Lobed Asteroid Torifune Copyrighted
- Jul 13 Auroras from Space Video
- Jul 12 Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and Star Streams
- Jul 11 Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud Copyrighted
- Jul 10 Western Moon, Eastern Sea Copyrighted
- Jul 9 The Red Glow of the Cosmic Bat Nebula Copyrighted
- Jul 8 Swift Boost Mission Video
- Jul 7 NGC 6188: Dragons of Ara Copyrighted
- Jul 6 Dueling Bands over the Atacama Desert Copyrighted
- Jul 5 Saturn's Iapetus: Painted Moon
- Jul 4 Pathfinder on Mars
- Jul 3 Three Galaxies in Pavo Copyrighted
- Jul 2 Sibling Supernova Remnants
- Jul 1 The Cotton Candy Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi Copyrighted
June 2026 (30)
- Jun 30 Unusually Smooth Sections of Asteroid Itokawa
- Jun 29 M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind
- Jun 28 AR 4478: Giant Sunspot Group Copyrighted
- Jun 27 Mars Marathon by Perseverance
- Jun 26 Milky Way Urban Style Copyrighted
- Jun 25 Anticrepuscular Rays over Sicily Copyrighted
- Jun 24 SDO Observes a Coronal Mass Ejection Video
- Jun 23 Flying Past Neptune's Moon Triton Video
- Jun 22 M27: The Dumbbell Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 21 Keogram: The Sky in 2025
- Jun 20 Daytime Moon Meets Evening Star Copyrighted
- Jun 19 Starry Night II Copyrighted
- Jun 18 Possible Supernova Remnant in Galactic Center Copyrighted
- Jun 17 Longmore 8: The Hamster Wheel Nebula Copyrighted
- Jun 16 Moons, Rings, Shadows, Clouds: Saturn (Cassini)
- Jun 15 Triple Shockwave from Sun Crossing Rocket Copyrighted
- Jun 14 10 Days of Venus and Jupiter Copyrighted
- Jun 13 Interplanetary Earth
- Jun 12 Venus and Jupiter: Conjunction from Avebury Copyrighted
- Jun 11 The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Jun 10 The Eagle Nebula and Friends Copyrighted
- Jun 9 Thor's Helmet Copyrighted
- Jun 8 Comet R3 PanSTARRS Through Time Copyrighted
- Jun 7 Jupiter and Venus from Earth Copyrighted
- Jun 6 Charon: Moon of Pluto
- Jun 5 The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies Copyrighted
- Jun 4 A Planetary Nebula with Cosmic Buckyballs
- Jun 3 Andromeda Through Gas and Dust Copyrighted
- Jun 2 The Vela Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Jun 1 Saturn at Night
May 2026 (31)
- May 31 Eagle Nebula Pillars in Infrared from Hubble
- May 30 Supermoon Versus Micromoon
- May 29 Messier 104
- May 28 NGC 1514: The Crystal Ball Nebula
- May 27 PK 164 +31.1: The Headphone Nebula Copyrighted
- May 26 NGC 3660 and Burçin's Galaxy Copyrighted
- May 25 Thackeray's Globules Copyrighted
- May 24 A Martian Eclipse: Phobos Crosses the Sun Video
- May 23 Messier 2
- May 22 The Nebulous Realm of WR 134 Copyrighted
- May 21 A Collision of Galaxy Clusters
- May 20 The Dark Wolf Nebula Copyrighted
- May 19 NGC 2170: The Angel Nebula Copyrighted
- May 18 Unraveling NGC 3169 Copyrighted
- May 17 NGC 1300: Barred Spiral Galaxy
- May 16 Aurora Slathers Up the Sky
- May 15 R3 PanSTARRS: An Orion Comet Copyrighted
- May 14 Messier Catalog at Uniform Scale
- May 13 NGC 188: Old Cluster in the New General Catalog Copyrighted
- May 12 The Conjunction of Comet R3 PanSTARRS and the Orion Nebula Copyrighted
- May 11 Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano Video Copyrighted
- May 10 Comet R3 PanSTARRS and Orion Copyrighted
- May 9 Messier Craters in Stereo Copyrighted
- May 8 Comet R3 PanSTARRS Before Rigel Copyrighted
- May 7 Supernova in a Sideways Spiral Video
- May 6 The Retrograde Dance of Saturn and Neptune Copyrighted
- May 5 Orion over Mount Teide Copyrighted
- May 4 Superplumes Inside Earth Video
- May 3 Trifid Pillars and Jets
- May 2 Seeing Titan
- May 1 Markarian's Chain Copyrighted
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April 2026 (30)
- Apr 30 Waves on Titan Video
- Apr 29 The Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades Copyrighted
- Apr 28 CG 30: Cometary Globules Copyrighted
- Apr 27 Comet R3 PanSTARRS Behind Satellite Trails Copyrighted
- Apr 26 Mystic Mountain Monster being Destroyed
- Apr 25 The Persistence of Sunlight Copyrighted
- Apr 24 Young Moon and Sister Stars Copyrighted
- Apr 23 Large Scale Structure of the Universe
- Apr 22 Earthset with an iPhone Video
- Apr 21 Three Sky Arches over Snowy Alps Copyrighted
- Apr 20 Comet R3 PanSTARRS over a Himalayan Valley Copyrighted
- Apr 19 Eye on the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Apr 18 PanSTARRS and Planets Copyrighted
- Apr 17 M82: Starburst Galaxy with a Superwind Copyrighted
- Apr 16 South Celestial Tree Copyrighted
- Apr 15 The ISS Transits the Moon Copyrighted
- Apr 14 The Long Wispy Tail of Comet R3 (PanSTARRS) Copyrighted
- Apr 13 NGC 602 and Beyond
- Apr 12 Comet R3 (PanSTARRS) Brightens Copyrighted
- Apr 11 Artemis II: Flight Day 6
- Apr 10 Exploring the Antennae Copyrighted
- Apr 9 Destruction of Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) Video
- Apr 8 Earthset
- Apr 7 IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 6 The Path of Artemis II Video
- Apr 5 NGC 3310: A Starburst Spiral Galaxy Copyrighted
- Apr 4 Hello World
- Apr 3 Caught in the Web: Visualization of a Black Hole Merger in the Tarantula Nebula Copyrighted
- Apr 2 Liftoff! Returning to the Moon Copyrighted
- Apr 1 The Claw and Bubble Nebulae Copyrighted
March 2026 (31)
- Mar 31 Uranus's Largest Moon: Titania
- Mar 30 Peculiar Elliptical Galaxy Centaurus A Copyrighted
- Mar 29 A Message from Earth
- Mar 28 Robert Goddard and Nell
- Mar 27 Hickson 44 in Leo Copyrighted
- Mar 26 Black Holes and Neutron Stars: 218 Mergers and Counting
- Mar 25 The Guardians of Rapa Nui beneath the Milky Way Copyrighted
- Mar 24 A Gravity Map of Earth Video
- Mar 23 Light Pillars and Orion over Mohe Copyrighted
- Mar 22 Leaving Earth Video
- Mar 21 Galaxies in the River: NGC 1300 and NGC 1297 Copyrighted
- Mar 20 Spring Equinox at Teide Observatory Copyrighted
- Mar 19 Launch Plume: SpaceX Jellyfish Copyrighted
- Mar 18 Cygnus and the Solitary Tree Copyrighted
- Mar 17 The Tadpoles of IC 410 Copyrighted
- Mar 16 NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Galaxy
- Mar 15 Equinox at the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent Copyrighted
- Mar 14 A Year for K2-315b
- Mar 13 Toolondo Totality Trails Copyrighted
- Mar 12 A Near-Full Rotation of Uranus Video
- Mar 11 CG 4: The Globule and the Galaxy Copyrighted
- Mar 10 Sky Glows over Paranal Observatory Copyrighted
- Mar 9 The Cranium Nebula from the Webb Telescope
- Mar 8 The Aurora Tree Copyrighted
- Mar 7 Two Eclipses of Saros 133 Copyrighted
- Mar 6 The Astrosphere of HD 61005
- Mar 5 Total Lunar Eclipse over Tsé Bit'a'í Copyrighted
- Mar 4 Shapley 1: An Annular Planetary Nebula Copyrighted
- Mar 3 Flying over the North Pole of Mars Video
- Mar 2 The Dusty Surroundings of Orion and the Pleiades Copyrighted
- Mar 1 The Moon During a Total Lunar Eclipse Video
February 2026 (28)
- Feb 28 Lunar Occultation of Mercury Copyrighted
- Feb 27 Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 26 Webb and Hubble: IC 5332
- Feb 25 The Egg Nebula from the Hubble Telescope Copyrighted
- Feb 24 Planet Parade over Sydney Opera House Copyrighted
- Feb 23 Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster Copyrighted
- Feb 22 Shadow of a Martian Robot
- Feb 21 Twilight with Moon and Planets Copyrighted
- Feb 20 B93: A Dark Interstellar Ghost Copyrighted
- Feb 19 IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 18 Orion's Cradle Copyrighted
- Feb 17 Tails of Comet Wierzchoś Copyrighted
- Feb 16 Unexplained Shocks Around a White Dwarf Star
- Feb 15 To Fly Free in Space
- Feb 14 Roses are Red Copyrighted
- Feb 13 NGC 147 and NGC 185 Copyrighted
- Feb 12 The Bay of Rainbows Copyrighted
- Feb 11 A Year of Sunspots Copyrighted
- Feb 10 In Green Company: Aurora over Norway Copyrighted
- Feb 9 Miranda Revisited
- Feb 8 Active Sunspot Region 4366 Crosses the Sun Copyrighted
- Feb 7 Crescent Enceladus
- Feb 6 Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
- Feb 5 NGC 1275 in the Perseus Cluster Copyrighted
- Feb 4 Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512: Wide Field Copyrighted
- Feb 3 Red Spider Planetary Nebula from Webb
- Feb 2 Orion: The Running Man Nebula Copyrighted
- Feb 1 Galle: Happy Face Crater on Mars
January 2026 (31)
- Jan 31 Artemis I: Flight Day 13
- Jan 30 NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus Copyrighted
- Jan 29 NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans Copyrighted
- Jan 28 M78: Reflecting Blue in a Sea of Red Copyrighted
- Jan 27 Orion's Treasures over Snowy Mountains Copyrighted
- Jan 26 NGC 55: A Galaxy of Nebulas Copyrighted
- Jan 25 Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars
- Jan 24 Earthset from Orion
- Jan 23 Planetary Nebula Abell 7 Copyrighted
- Jan 22 LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion Copyrighted
- Jan 21 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
- Jan 20 Io in True Color
- Jan 19 CTB 1: The Medulla Nebula
- Jan 18 Jupiter from the Webb Space Telescope
- Jan 17 Apollo 14: A View from Antares
- Jan 16 NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula Copyrighted
- Jan 15 Plato and the Lunar Alps Copyrighted
- Jan 14 M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy Copyrighted
- Jan 13 A Solar Eruption from SDO Video
- Jan 12 Meteor Dust Copyrighted
- Jan 11 M104: The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared
- Jan 10 Jupiter with the Great Red Spot Copyrighted
- Jan 9 Ice Halos by Moonlight and Sunlight Copyrighted
- Jan 8 IC 342: Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis Copyrighted
- Jan 7 Simeis 147: The Spaghetti Nebula Supernova Remnant Copyrighted
- Jan 6 Jupiter's Clouds in High Definition from Juno
- Jan 5 The Red Rectangle Nebula from Hubble
- Jan 4 The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens
- Jan 3 Full Moonlight Copyrighted
- Jan 2 NanoSail-D2 Copyrighted
- Jan 1 Auroral Corona Copyrighted
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