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The Sky Today on Tuesday, October 21: The Orionids peak, Comet Lemmon is closest to Earth, and Titan makes a transit
Tue October 21st, 2025
New moon of October 2025 hides red star Antares for some lucky stargazers tonightMon October 20th, 2025
Hubble spies a glowing 'starburst ring' | Space photo of the day for Oct. 20, 2025Mon October 20th, 2025
Don't miss the Orionid meteor shower peak begin overnight tonight under a moonless skyMon October 20th, 2025
A cosmic heart bursts with light in new deep space astrophotographer portrait (photo)Sun October 19th, 2025
Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover – Photo stream updated daily!
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
Camera: Front Hazard Avoidance Camera - Left
Earth Date: Tue February 4th, 2025
Sol: 1409
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (February 27th, 2026):
Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula
From NASA: "Normally faint and elusive, the Jellyfish Nebula is caught in this alluring telescopic field of view. Floating in the interstellar sea, the nebula is anchored right and left by two bright stars, Mu and Eta Geminorum, at the foot of the celestial twins. The Jellyfish Nebula itself is right of center, seen as a brighter arcing ridge of emission with dangling tentacles. In fact, this cosmic jellyfish is part of bubble-shaped supernova remnant IC 443, the expanding debris cloud from a massive star that exploded. Light from the explosion first reached planet Earth over 30,000 years ago. Like its cousin in astrophysical waters the Crab Nebula supernova remnant, the Jellyfish Nebula is known to harbor a neutron star, the ultradense remnant of the collapsed stellar core. An emission nebula cataloged as Sharpless 249 fills the field at the upper left. The Jellyfish Nebula is about 5,000 light-years away. At that distance, this image would be about 300 light-years across."