MAY
2022Browse every NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day entry published in May 2022.
01First Horizon-Scale Image of a Black Hole
02Partial Solar Eclipse over Argentina
03Mercury's Sodium Tail
04Planets Over Egyptian Pyramid
05NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble
06NGC 3572 and the Southern Tadpoles
07Firefall by Moonlight
08Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512: The Inner Rings
09A Martian Eclipse: Phobos Crosses the Sun
10NGC 6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula
11Gravity's Grin
12Young Stars of NGC 346
13The Milky Way's Black Hole
14Ice Halos by Moonlight
15Colors of the Moon
16Milky Way over French Alp Hoodoos
17NGC 1316: After Galaxies Collide
18A Jewel on the Flower Moon
19A Digital Lunar Eclipse
20A View from Earth's Shadow
21Planetary Nebula Abell 7
22A Large Tsunami Shock Wave on the Sun
23The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda
24A Deep Sky Behind an Eclipsed Moon
25The Lively Center of the Lagoon Nebula
26NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge
27Titan: Moon over Saturn
28RCW 86: Historical Supernova Remnant
29Simulation TNG50: A Galaxy Cluster Forms
30Red Crepuscular Rays from an Eclipse
31Rocket Transits Rippling Sun
01Tau Herculid Meteors over Kitt Peak Telescopes
02Lunar Occultation of Venus
03A 10,000 Kilometer Galactic Bridge
04Tau Herculids from Space