NASA Image of the Day    Easily identified by the spectacular band of dark dust that partially obscures its bright core, Messier 64, or the Black Eye Galaxy, is characterized...

NASA Image of the Day    Researchers tested soccer balls aboard the International Space Station to study how internal mass affects motion and stability in microgravity.

NASA Image of the Day    A train transports eight booster motor segments for the SLS (Space Launch System rocket) that will power NASA’s Artemis III mission from Northrop...

NASA Image of the Day    NASA announced the Artemis III crew on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, mission specialist; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut...

NASA Image of the Day    NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft completed its first supersonic flight Friday, June 5, 2026, marking the first time the aircraft...

NASA Image of the Day    A year after America’s first spacewalk, Gemini IX-A Eugene Cernan stepped outside his spacecraft for an ambitious extravehicular activity scheduled...

NASA Image of the Day    During its 61st close flyby of Jupiter on May 12, 2024, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of the giant planet’s northern...

NASA Image of the Day    This NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 88 (M88).

NASA Image of the Day    Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, look out a window in the...

NASA Image of the Day    This image of Westerlund 2 features Chandra X-ray Observatory data (pink) and James Webb infrared data (red, orange, green, cyan, and blue).

NASA Image of the Day    This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the faint glow of the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017.

NASA Image of the Day    NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, during testing focused on...

NASA Image of the Day    Katherine Rauscher, of Michigan Technological University, prepares her team’s prototype lunar robot for its turn during the finals for NASA’s 2026...

NASA Image of the Day    Chennai, on India’s southern coast along the Bay of Bengal and with a metropolitan population of about 8.7 million, shines with white LED...

NASA Image of the Day    This near-infrared image shows a section of one of the spiral arms of Messier 51 (M51).

NASA Image of the Day    This NASA Hubble Space Telescope images reveals the lenticular galaxy, NGC 1266. This enigmatic post-starburst galaxy has a bright center and a face...

NASA Image of the Day    NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, capturing images as it came within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the...

NASA Image of the Day    The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA...

NASA Image of the Day    This latest Picture of the Month from the NASA ESA CSA James Webb Space Telescope features Messier 77 (M77), a barred spiral galaxy famous and...

NASA Image of the Day    NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this view of a rock nicknamed Atacama on May 6, 2026, the 4,877th Martian...

NASA Image of the Day    You’re allowed to play with your food when you’re on the International Space Station To celebrate a delivery of fresh food, NASA astronauts Jack...

NASA Image of the Day    Rise, the Artemis II zero gravity indicator, is seen sitting on the dais as the Artemis II astronauts speak with congressional staff, Tuesday, May 12...

NASA Image of the Day    NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team...

NASA Image of the Day    NASA astronaut Jessica Meir poses with an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit during an official portrait session at NASA’s Johnson Space...

NASA Image of the Day    This celestial image captured from a window on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station highlights the Milky Way rising...

NASA Image of the Day    A sliver of the edge of Earth is brightly illuminated against the vast darkness of space.

NASA Image of the Day    A newly discovered object may be a key to unlocking the true nature of a mysterious class of sources that astronomers have found in the early...

NASA Image of the Day    America’s first human spaceflight begins as the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) space vehicle, with astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. aboard, launches from...

NASA Image of the Day    This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the glittering spiral galaxy NGC 3137, located 53 million light-years away in the constellation...

NASA Image of the Day    Nasdaq Chair and Chief Executive Officer Adena T. Friedman, left, and NASA’s Artemis II crew ring the closing bell of the Nasdaq market session,...

NASA Image of the Day    NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) core stage for the Artemis III mission moves into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center...

NASA Image of the Day    The barred spiral galaxy IC 486 glows with a soft, ethereal light in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image.

NASA Image of the Day    Expedition 74 flight engineers Chris Williams of NASA and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency work together in the Kibo laboratory module’s...

NASA Image of the Day    The X-59’s tail and jet engine feature a new marking a Freedom 250 logo celebrating the nation’s 250th birthday in 2026.

NASA Image of the Day    NASA celebrates Hubble’s 36th anniversary with a new image of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region it first captured in 1997. The telescope...

NASA Image of the Day    Scientists have found that young stellar cousins of our Sun are calming down and dimming more quickly in their X-ray output than previously thought,...

NASA Image of the Day    This image, released in celebration of Earth Day, shows the terminator - the line between night and day - on Earth. The Artemis II astronauts...

NASA Image of the Day    This image that NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured of the Crab Nebula, paired with its past observations and those of other telescopes, allows...

NASA Image of the Day    NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies over the Mojave Desert in California on April 14, 2026.

NASA Image of the Day    An observation made by NASA’s SPHEREx mission reveals vast frozen complexes in the Cygnus X star-forming region of the Milky Way galaxy. The chemical...

NASA Image of the Day    A portion of the Moon’s far side is seen along the terminator the boundary between lunar day and night where low-angle sunlight casts long shadows...

NASA Image of the Day    NASA’s Artemis II crew shared brief remarks with friends, family, and colleagues after they landed at Ellington Airport near NASA’s Johnson Space...

NASA Image of the Day    NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist hugs the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11,...

NASA Image of the Day    NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; left, Christina Koch, mission specialist; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission...

NASA Image of the Day    NASA’s Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission...

NASA Image of the Day    Seen during the Artemis II mission, the Moon and Earth align in the same frame, each partially illuminated by the Sun.

NASA Image of the Day    A stunning snapshot in time. The Artemis II crew captured this breathtaking photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way.

NASA Image of the Day    The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar...

NASA Image of the Day    Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon.

NASA Image of the Day    A view of the near side of the Moon, the side we always see from Earth, as seen from the Orion spacecraft.