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2026

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31 APODs this month32 Augusts since Jun 1995◦ Archive spans 31 years
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Simulation TNG50: A Galaxy Cluster Forms

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NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula

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Barnards Loop over Twin Volcanoes

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Psyche Receives Gravity Assist from Mars

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Red Sun through Wildfire Smoke

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NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad

Buck Moon and Belt of Venus
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Buck Moon and Belt of Venus

A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia
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A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia

Vaporizing Meteor Photobombs the Lacerta Nebula
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Vaporizing Meteor Photobombs the Lacerta Nebula

Curious Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula
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Curious Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula

Spokes on Saturn's B Ring
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Spokes on Saturn's B Ring

New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability
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New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability

Rubin's COSMOS Field
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Rubin's COSMOS Field

A Messier Moment for Tempel 2
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A Messier Moment for Tempel 2

Contemplating the Sun
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Contemplating the Sun

Three Galaxy Pairs
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Three Galaxy Pairs

Six Moons of Saturn
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Six Moons of Saturn

Perseids over a Little Planet
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Perseids over a Little Planet

Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain
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Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain

Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland
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Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland

Bright Perseids from Sweden
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Bright Perseids from Sweden

Milky Way over Yellowstone
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Milky Way over Yellowstone

A Golden Corona Eclipse
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A Golden Corona Eclipse

Perseids from Perseus
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Perseids from Perseus

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The Case of the Mysterious Maybe Meteor

The Elephant's Trunk in Cepheus
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The Elephant's Trunk in Cepheus

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Time Lapse of the Star S301 Orbiting the Black Hole in the Center of the Galaxy

Mostly Perseids
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Mostly Perseids

Cassini Approaches Saturn
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Cassini Approaches Saturn

Comet 220P in Outburst
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Comet 220P in Outburst

Earth's Shadow Visualized with Lunar Eclipses
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Earth's Shadow Visualized with Lunar Eclipses

JWST Images The Lion's Head Nebula
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JWST Images The Lion's Head Nebula

Colorful Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall
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Colorful Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall

The Sky Turns Above Paranal
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The Sky Turns Above Paranal

Eclipse Pair
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Eclipse Pair

M74: A Grand Design Spiral
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M74: A Grand Design Spiral

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Launch of the Roman Space Telescope

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A Plane Lunar Eclipse

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Solar Eclipses and Culture

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The Eclipse and the Stork

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Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola

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Chasing the Moon's Shadow

31 APODs this month32 Augusts since Jun 1995◦ Archive spans 31 years