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Browse every NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day entry published in May 2025.

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31 APODs this month31 Mays since Jun 1995◦ Archive spans 31 years
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IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula

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Gum 37 and the Southern Tadpoles

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Saturn's Rings Appear to Disappear

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A Happy Sky over Bufa Hill in Mexico

MESSENGER's Last Day on Mercury
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MESSENGER's Last Day on Mercury

Young Star Cluster NGC 346
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Young Star Cluster NGC 346

Titan: Moon over Saturn
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Titan: Moon over Saturn

Spin up of a Supermassive Black Hole
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Spin up of a Supermassive Black Hole

Planet Lines Across Water
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Planet Lines Across Water

The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes
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The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes

Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82
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Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82

M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab
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M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab

IXPE Explores a Black Hole Jet
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IXPE Explores a Black Hole Jet

Yogi and Friends in 3D
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Yogi and Friends in 3D

The Surface of Venus from Venera 14
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The Surface of Venus from Venera 14

Gaia Reconstructs a Side View of our Galaxy
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Gaia Reconstructs a Side View of our Galaxy

Gaia Reconstructs a Top View of our Galaxy
13

Gaia Reconstructs a Top View of our Galaxy

NGC 1360: The Robin's Egg Nebula
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NGC 1360: The Robin's Egg Nebula

A Plutonian Landscape
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A Plutonian Landscape

Messier 101
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Messier 101

Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited
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Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited

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Pluto Flyover from New Horizons

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Charon Flyover from New Horizons

Milky Way over Maunakea
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Milky Way over Maunakea

International Space Station Crosses the Sun
21

International Space Station Crosses the Sun

Curly Spiral Galaxy M63
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Curly Spiral Galaxy M63

NGC 6366 vs 47 Ophiuchi
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NGC 6366 vs 47 Ophiuchi

Deimos Before Sunrise
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Deimos Before Sunrise

Beneath Jupiter
25

Beneath Jupiter

Spiral Galaxy NGC 2566 from Webb
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Spiral Galaxy NGC 2566 from Webb

Zeta and Rho Ophiuchi with Milky Way
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Zeta and Rho Ophiuchi with Milky Way

Herbig-Haro 24
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Herbig-Haro 24

Irregular Dwarf Galaxy Sextans A
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Irregular Dwarf Galaxy Sextans A

Mars in the Loop
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Mars in the Loop

Afterimage Sunset
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Afterimage Sunset

31 APODs this month31 Mays since Jun 1995◦ Archive spans 31 years