ASTRONOMY PICTURE

OF THE DAY

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Earth

APR 11, 2003

London at Night

APR 24, 2003

Earth at Twilight

APR 26, 2003

Big Blue Marble Earth

MAY 26, 2003

The Earth and Moon from Mars

JUN 21, 2003

A Crescent Earth at Midnight

JUL 14, 2003

The Satellites that Surround Earth

JUL 22, 2003

A Tornado on Planet Earth

JUL 23, 2003

GRACE Maps the Gravity of Earth

JAN 12, 2004

A Hole Punch Cloud Over Alabama

MAR 22, 2004

Asteroid 2004 FH Whizzes By

AUG 18, 2004

Lightning on Earth

AUG 22, 2004

Earth at Night

SEP 14, 2004

Genesis Mission’s Hard Impact

SEP 19, 2004

Earth’s North Magnetic Pole

NOV 30, 2004

Lake Effect Snow on Earth

JAN 1, 2005

Manicouagan Impact Crater

JAN 2, 2005

Welcome to Planet Earth

MAR 2, 2005

The Powerful Sumatra-Andaman Islands Earthquake

MAR 13, 2005

A Message From Earth

MAR 31, 2005

Gamma-Ray Earth

APR 12, 2005

Earth or Mars?

JUN 11, 2005

Earth at Twilight

JUN 14, 2005

Gliese 876 System Includes Large Terrestrial Planet

JUL 15, 2005

Reflections on the Inner Solar System

DEC 24, 2005

Earthrise

JAN 1, 2006

The Largest Rock in the Solar System

JAN 16, 2006

Stardust Capsule Returns to Earth

MAR 13, 2006

Z Machine Sets Unexpected Earth Temperature Record

MAR 28, 2006

Animation of Asteroids Passing Near Earth

APR 29, 2006

Skylab Over Earth

JUN 3, 2006

Gamma-Ray Earth

JUL 19, 2006

Reflections on Planet Earth

JUL 23, 2006

The Belt of Venus over the Valley of the Moon

JUL 24, 2006

The International Space Station on the Horizon

SEP 27, 2006

Earth from Saturn

OCT 1, 2006

Earth at Night

MAR 25, 2007

Welcome to Planet Earth

APR 8, 2007

The View from Everest

APR 20, 2007

Pantheon Earth and Moon

MAY 14, 2007

Rotating Earth from Galileo

JUN 23, 2007

3D Barringer Meteorite Crater

SEP 18, 2007

Tungurahua Erupts

SEP 22, 2007

Pangea Ultima: Earth in 250 Million Years?

NOV 20, 2007

Earthrise from Moon-Orbiting Kaguya

DEC 27, 2007

Earth at Twilight

JAN 23, 2008

Orbiting Astronaut Reflects Earth

JAN 30, 2008

Asteroid 2007 TU24 Passes the Earth

MAR 5, 2008

The International Space Station Expands Again

APR 12, 2008

Yuri’s Planet

APR 21, 2008

Bacteriophages: The Most Common Life-Like Form on Earth

MAY 31, 2008

A View to the Sunset

JUL 22, 2008

Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth

AUG 10, 2008

The Eagle Rises

AUG 30, 2008

The View from Everest

SEP 3, 2008

31 Million Miles from Planet Earth

OCT 5, 2008

Earth at Night

NOV 18, 2008

Restored: First Image of the Earth from the Moon

DEC 24, 2008

Earthrise

DEC 30, 2008

Home from Above

DEC 31, 2008

The Sky in Motion

JAN 11, 2009

In the Shadow of Saturn

JAN 16, 2009

ISS: Reflections of Earth

APR 6, 2009

International Space Station Expands Again

APR 21, 2009

Global Warming Predictions

JUL 3, 2009

Perihelion and Aphelion

JUL 19, 2009

From the Moon to the Earth

JUL 20, 2009

Apollo 11: Onto a New World

JUL 25, 2009

The Eagle Rises

OCT 5, 2009

The International Space Station Over Earth

NOV 23, 2009

Crescent Earth from the Departing Rosetta Spacecraft

NOV 30, 2009

Bright Sun and Crescent Earth from the Space Station

DEC 16, 2009

Comet Hyakutake Passes the Earth

APR 14, 2010

A Large Space Station Over Earth

JUL 13, 2010

Mosaic: Welcome to Planet Earth

JUL 25, 2010

Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth

JUL 26, 2010

Lutetia: The Largest Asteroid Yet Visited

AUG 3, 2010

The Planet and the Radio Dish

AUG 10, 2010

The Sand Dunes of Titan

SEP 1, 2010

Earth and Moon from MESSENGER

OCT 24, 2010

A Bucket-Wheel Excavator on Earth

NOV 15, 2010

Home from Above

NOV 30, 2010

A Supercell Thunderstorm Cloud Over Montana

JAN 2, 2011

Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth

MAR 6, 2011

Asteroids in the Distance

APR 17, 2011

View from Everest

APR 18, 2011

Visual Effects: Wonders of the Universe

SEP 4, 2011

In the Shadow of Saturn

SEP 27, 2011

Flying Over Planet Earth

NOV 21, 2011

Around the World in 90 Minutes

JAN 30, 2012

Blue Marble Earth from Suomi NPP

FEB 19, 2012

A Message From Earth

MAR 5, 2012

Flying Over the Earth at Night

MAR 28, 2012

Earthshine and Venus Over Sierra de Guadarrama

APR 12, 2012

Yuri’s Planet

MAY 15, 2012

All the Water on Planet Earth

MAY 29, 2012

Sentinels of the Arctic

MAY 30, 2012

Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth

JUL 10, 2012

Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth

JUL 21, 2012

The Eagle Rises

AUG 29, 2012

A Dark Earth with a Red Sprite

SEP 4, 2012

Hurricane Paths on Planet Earth

OCT 11, 2012

Aurorae over Planet Earth

DEC 7, 2012

Earth at Night

JAN 12, 2013

Ten Billion Earths

MAR 15, 2013

CME, Comet and Planet Earth

MAR 31, 2013

Flying Over the Earth at Night

APR 6, 2013

Earth at Twilight

MAY 19, 2013

Earth’s Richat Structure

JUL 22, 2013

Earth and Moon from Saturn

JUL 23, 2013

Two Views of Earth

JUL 31, 2013

130 Years of Earth Surface Temperatures

AUG 5, 2013

Leaving Earth

AUG 14, 2013

Moonset from Taiwan

AUG 18, 2013

Skylab Over Earth

AUG 24, 2013

Earth Waves at Saturn

SEP 1, 2013

Fire on Earth

SEP 28, 2013

Equinox Earth

NOV 13, 2013

In the Shadow of Saturn

DEC 11, 2013

The Coldest Place on Earth

JAN 2, 2014

Reflections on Planet Earth

MAR 19, 2014

Equinox on a Spinning Earth

APR 19, 2014

Earth-size Kepler-186f

AUG 5, 2014

Four Billion BCE: Battered Earth

AUG 31, 2014

Space Shuttle and Space Station Photographed Together

SEP 22, 2014

Earth at Equinox

NOV 4, 2014

Moon and Earth from Chang’e 5-T1

DEC 4, 2014

Plato and the Lunar Alps

DEC 15, 2014

The Potsdam Gravity Potato

MAR 18, 2015

Earth During a Total Eclipse of the Sun

MAY 12, 2015

Two Worlds, One Sun

AUG 7, 2015

Full Moon, Full Earth

DEC 20, 2015

A Dark Earth with a Red Sprite

DEC 22, 2015

Solstice Illuminated: A Year of Sky

MAR 11, 2016

Lunar Shadow Transit

JUN 30, 2016

The New World Atlas of Artificial Sky Brightness

AUG 9, 2016

Mars at Closest Approach

AUG 16, 2016

Five Planets and the Moon over Australia

AUG 27, 2016

Lunar Orbiter Earthset

SEP 11, 2016

All the Water on Planet Earth

OCT 10, 2016

The Winds of Earth

JAN 18, 2017

Space Station Vista: Planet and Galaxy

JAN 26, 2017

GOES-16: Moon over Planet Earth

MAR 19, 2017

Equinox on a Spinning Earth

APR 22, 2017

Between the Rings

APR 24, 2017

A White Battle in the Black Sea

MAY 15, 2017

Lightning Storm Moves Across the USA

JUL 9, 2017

Earth at Night

JUL 17, 2017

Moon Shadow versus Sun Reflection

DEC 4, 2017

Earth and Moon

JAN 21, 2018

The Upper Michigan Blizzard of 1938

FEB 10, 2018

Roadster, Starman, Planet Earth

FEB 13, 2018

Car Orbiting Earth

MAR 12, 2018

Flying over the Earth at Night II

AUG 26, 2018

Fire on Earth

SEP 1, 2018

Aerosol Earth

OCT 28, 2018

Ultraviolet Earth from an Observatory on the Moon

DEC 16, 2018

Comet Wirtanen Passes by the Earth

MAR 20, 2019

Equinox on Planet Earth

JUN 2, 2019

A Live View from the International Space Station

AUG 25, 2019

Leaving Earth

OCT 12, 2019

Interplanetary Earth

FEB 12, 2020

Star Trails of the North and South

APR 7, 2020

A Path North

MAY 4, 2020

Earth Flyby of BepiColombo

MAY 27, 2020

Earth and Moon through Saturn’s Rings

JUN 3, 2020

The Dance of Venus and Earth

JUN 14, 2020

Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth

JUL 1, 2020

Our Rotating Earth

AUG 2, 2020

Two Worlds, One Sun

SEP 22, 2020

Equinox in the Sky

SEP 27, 2020

Lightning over Colorado

DEC 29, 2020

Earth During a Total Solar Eclipse

JAN 31, 2021

Asteroids in the Distance

FEB 3, 2021

Found on the Moon: Candidate for Oldest Known Earth Rock

MAY 3, 2021

Apollo 11: Earth, Moon, Spaceship

SEP 15, 2021

Cyclone Paths on Planet Earth

SEP 22, 2021

Equinox on a Spinning Earth

DEC 26, 2021

James Webb Space Telescope over Earth

FEB 6, 2022

Blue Marble Earth

FEB 13, 2022

Earth at Night

FEB 27, 2022

Earthrise 1: Historic Image Remastered

APR 17, 2022

Shuttle Over Earth

AUG 9, 2022

Leaving Earth

AUG 22, 2022

Earth’s Recent Climate Spiral

SEP 26, 2022

All the Water on Planet Earth

OCT 30, 2022

Night on a Spooky Planet

NOV 17, 2022

Planet Earth from Orion

NOV 23, 2022

Earthset from Orion

JAN 1, 2023

The Largest Rock in our Solar System

MAR 6, 2023

Jupiter and Venus from Earth

MAR 8, 2023

Artificial Night Sky Brightness

MAY 9, 2023

Shadows of Earth

JUN 12, 2023

The Largest Satellites of Earth

JAN 24, 2024

Earth and Moon from Beyond

MAR 24, 2024

Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth