OCTOBER
2002Browse every NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day entry published in October 2002.
29Venus: Just Passing By
30D. rad Bacteria: Candidate Astronauts
01Rectangular Ridges on Mars
02Star Clouds Toward the Southern Crown
03V838 Mon: Mystery Star
04Facing NGC 6946
05X-Ray Cygnus A
06The Lagoon Nebula in Three Colors
07The Galaxy and the Quasar
08The X-Ray Jets of XTE J1550
09Quaoar: Large Asteroid in the Outer Solar System
10Dusty Environs of Eta Carinae
11Fomalhaut Dust Disk Indicates Planets
12Chandra Deep Field
13CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule
14IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula
15Aurora's Ring
16Oklo: Ancient African Nuclear Reactors
17Centaurus A: Young Blue Star Stream
18At the Center of the Milky Way
19Io's Surface: Under Construction
20The Space Shuttle Docked with Mir
21M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
22A Small Double Ozone Hole in 2002
23Liftoff With the Space Shuttle
24Gullies on Mars
25Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
26Dark Matter, X-rays, and NGC 720
27Asteroid Gaspra's Best Face
28Earth's Richat Structure
29A Lunar Rille
30Leonids Over Uluru
31Aurora in the Night
01Europa's Freckles
02NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery