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An aerial view of a reddish-orange piece of land with some valleys.

These Mars valleys are hiding 30 dust devils | Space photo of the day for June 18, 2026

By Monisha Ravisetti published

Europe's Mars Express orbiter recently imaged a huge valley system on the Red Planet — and dust devils dot the alien landscape.

Earth
An image from space of an island with a bright red dot toward the bottom left.

A volcanic eruption seen from space | Space photo of the day for June 17, 2026

By Monisha Ravisetti published

Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano shot out lava for the 49th time that we know of.

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Earth
A photo of Time Square with a rocket shown on a light-up display. On the right is a light-up American Flag and on the left is a giant screen showing Elon Musk above the Nasdaq sign.

SpaceX IPO brings Starship to NYC | Space photo of the day for June 16, 2026

By Monisha Ravisetti published

Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire shortly after SpaceX debuted on the Nasdaq.

Private Spaceflight
A bright central star stands out in a field of stars against the dark backdrop of space.

Hubble spies a swarm of stars in a strange, irregular galaxy | Space photo of the day for June 15, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

This faint galaxy is hard to look away from.

Hubble Space Telescope
a long white rocket sits horizontal inside a hanger with its nose cone open, exposing a satellite with many components and actuators folded up into a dense rectangular shape

Satellite-boosting spacecraft inside air-launched rocket | Space photo of the day for June 12, 2026

By Brett Tingley published

A spacecraft was recently prepped for encapsulation inside of its rocket at one of NASA's launch facilities ahead of its launch to save another satellite.

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Launches & Spacecraft
An image from space shows glaciers in Patagonia.

Astronauts watch from space as ice splinters from a glacier | Space photo of the day for June 11, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

Changes in the Southern Patagonia Icefield can be seen from space

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Earth
A swirling galaxy has swirls of light blue, red, brown, and speckles of stars.

Swirling spiral galaxy will hypnotize you | Space photo of the day for June 10, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

A new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the Messier 88 (M88) galaxy, also known as NGC 4501, in all of its swirling glory.

Astronomy
Bright green and red auroras are seen over Earth from space.

Astronaut captures snake-like auroras from a SpaceX Dragon | Space photo of the day for June 9, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir captured a breathtaking view of auroras on Earth from orbit while sheltering with her fellow astronauts in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

Human Spaceflight
A large volcano stands out on the coastline nearby a body of water, as seen from above.

Astronaut spots Mount Vesuvius from space | Space photo of the day for June 8, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

"From orbit, volcanoes are some of the most beautiful natural sights."

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Earth
The night sky over a forest shows a bright galaxy and stars with one streaking meteor through the middle.

Meteor streaks across the sky above big observatory | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

Searing across the night sky, a meteor puts on a spectacular show above Arizona's Kitt Peak National Observatory.

Meteors & Meteor Showers
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