Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Sun's Spectrum with its Missing Colors

It is still not known why the Sun's light is missing some colors.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Highlights of the North Autumn Sky

What can you see in the night sky this season? The featured graphic gives a few highlights for Earth's northern hemisphere.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Rover 1A Hops on Asteroid Ryugu

Two small robots have begun hopping around the surface of asteroid Ryugu.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Equinox: Analemma over the Callanish Stones

Does the Sun return to the same spot on the sky every day at the same time? No.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Window Seat over Hudson Bay

On the August 18 night flight from San Francisco to Zurich, a window seat offered this tantalizing view when curtains of light draped a colorful glow across the sky over Hudson Bay.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Irregular Galaxy NGC 55

Irregular galaxy NGC 55 is thought to be similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Stars and Dust in Corona Australis

Cosmic dust clouds and young, energetic stars inhabit this telescopic vista, less than 500 light-years away toward the northern boundary of Corona Australis, the Southern Crown.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Cocoon Nebula Deep Field

Inside the Cocoon Nebula is a newly developing cluster of stars.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Salt, Pepper, and Ice

There's a "camera" comet now moving across the sky.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Cosmic Collision Forges Galactic Ring

How could a galaxy become shaped like a ring?

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