Astronomy Picture of the Day

IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula

Fermi's First Light

Generations of Stars in W5

The View from Everest

Eclipse over the Great Wall

CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule

NGC 1316: After Galaxies Collide

31 Million Miles from Planet Earth

Spokes in the Helix Nebula

Milky Way Road Trip

A Flock of Stars

Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica