APOD: 2026 November 5 – Enceladus in Silhouette
Explanation: One of our Solar System’s most tantalizing worlds, Enceladus is backlit by the Sun in this Cassini…
APOD: 2026 November 4 – The Not-So-Hidden Galaxy, IC 342
Explanation: “I see” IC 342, the Hidden Galaxy! Today’s image peers through the plane of the Milky Way,…
APOD: 2026 November 3 – Comet PanSTARRs and Rainbow Meteor
Explanation: Did this meteor come from that comet? Probably not. Although many meteors do originate from comets, there are thousands of comets that have visited…
APOD: 2026 November 1 – Colors of the Moon
Explanation: What color is the Moon? It depends on the night — and the time. Outside of the…
APOD: 2026 October 31 – Night on a Spooky Planet
Explanation: What spooky planet is this? Planet Earth on a dark and stormy night, of course. The ghostly…
APOD: 2026 October 30 – Haunting the Cepheus Flare
Explanation: Spooky shapes seem to haunt this dusty expanse, drifting through the night in the royal constellation Cepheus.…
APOD: 29 October 2026 – The Horns of Venus
Explanation: That’s no moon. But you could be forgiven for thinking it was a crescent Moon in the…
APOD: 2026 October 27 – Noctilucent Clouds over Sweden
Explanation: Sometimes it’s night on the ground but day in the air. As the Earth rotates to eclipse the…
2026 October 26 – M42: The Great Nebula in Orion
Explanation: The Great Nebula in Orion, an immense, nearby starbirth region, is one the most famous of all…
APOD: 2026 October 25 – Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe
Explanation: Is our universe haunted? It might look that way on this dark matter map. The gravity of…
APOD: 2026 October 24 – Rosetta’s Selfie
Explanation: This Rosetta spacecraft selfie was snapped on October 7th, 2014. At the time the comet-chasing spacecraft was…
APOD: 2026 October 23 – Andromeda in Southern Spring
Explanation: Looking toward the north from Mullion, New South Wales, Australia, the Andromeda Galaxy never gets more than…