ASTRONOMY PICTURE

OF THE DAY

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X-Ray

MAY 1, 2003

The Energetic Jet from Centaurus A

JUL 5, 2003

Centaurus A: X-Rays from an Active Galaxy

JUL 11, 2003

NGC 1068 and the X-Ray Flashlight

JUL 12, 2003

X-Ray Milky Way

AUG 12, 2003

X-Rays from Stephan’s Quintet

SEP 4, 2003

Composite Crab

SEP 12, 2003

A Note on the Perseus Cluster

OCT 16, 2003

NGC 6888: X-Rays in the Wind

NOV 28, 2003

The Most Distant X-Ray Jet

FEB 3, 2004

X-Rays From Antennae Galaxies

MAR 12, 2004

X-Ray Saturn

APR 29, 2004

Titan’s X-Ray

MAY 22, 2004

X-Rays From Tycho’s Supernova Remnant

AUG 26, 2004

Cassiopeia A in a Million

SEP 6, 2004

C153 Takes the Plunge

SEP 24, 2004

Fornax Cluster in Motion

OCT 8, 2004

Kepler’s SNR from Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer

DEC 11, 2004

M87’s Energetic Jet

JAN 8, 2005

X-Ray Mystery in RCW 38

MAR 12, 2005

Accretion Disk Simulation

MAR 26, 2005

Composite Crab

MAR 30, 2005

ULXs in M74

APR 21, 2005

G21.5-0.9: A Supernova’s Cosmic Shell

MAY 5, 2005

Mira: The Wonderful Star

MAY 19, 2005

X-Ray Stars in the Orion Nebula

JUN 1, 2005

White Dwarf Star Spiral

JUL 12, 2005

Launch of the Red Bird

JUL 21, 2005

X-Ray Stars of 47 Tuc

SEP 2, 2005

X-Ray Portrait of Trumpler 14

DEC 8, 2005

X-Rays from the Perseus Cluster Core

APR 12, 2006

Binary Black Hole in 3C 75

JUL 22, 2006

Mira: The Wonderful Star

JUL 28, 2006

Four Supernova Remnants

AUG 10, 2006

Galactic Center Star Clusters

SEP 28, 2006

RCW 86: Historical Supernova Remnant

FEB 24, 2007

X-rays and the Eagle Nebula

APR 11, 2007

The Arms of NGC 4258

MAY 5, 2007

Sombrero Galaxy Across the Spectrum

OCT 6, 2007

X-ray Stars of Orion

JAN 10, 2008

Active Galaxy Centaurus A

JAN 31, 2008

Young Star Cluster Westerlund 2

MAR 28, 2008

Across the Universe

AUG 22, 2008

Active Galaxy NGC 1275

DEC 27, 2008

Crab Pulsar Wind Nebula

FEB 5, 2009

NGC 604: X-rays from a Giant Stellar Nursery

FEB 21, 2009

The Swift View of Comet Lulin

JUN 12, 2009

SNR 0104: An Unusual Suspect

SEP 5, 2009

Supernova Remnant E0102-72

MAY 1, 2010

A Pulsar’s Hand

MAY 29, 2010

Black Holes in Merging Galaxies

JUN 4, 2010

Hubble Remix: Active Galaxy NGC 1275

JUN 26, 2010

Young Star Cluster Westerlund 2

JAN 20, 2011

The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda

APR 30, 2011

Tycho’s Supernova Remnant

NOV 10, 2011

RCW 86: Historical Supernova Remnant

FEB 3, 2012

Inside the Eagle Nebula

NOV 2, 2012

The Black Hole in the Milky Way

OCT 6, 2013

Hubble Remix: Active Galaxy NGC 1275

JUL 25, 2014

Cosmic Crab Nebula

AUG 16, 2014

No X-rays from SN 2014J

SEP 12, 2014

Supernova Remnant Puppis A

AUG 5, 2015

X-ray Echoes from Circinus X-1

JAN 7, 2016

High Energy Andromeda

MAY 12, 2018

A Plurality of Singularities at the Galactic Center

MAY 1, 2019

The Cat’s Eye Nebula in Optical and X-ray

JUN 1, 2019

NICER at Night

AUG 1, 2019

Elements in the Aftermath

NOV 19, 2021

NGC 281: Starless with Stars