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Moon joy at Jupiter | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2026
NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a photo of Jupiter's moon Thebe.
Why does NASA's Curiosity rover have a 'lucky penny' on Mars? | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026
Providing good luck to the first Martian to find it.
Moon lander preps for the lunar surface | Space photo of the day for May 5, 2026
Blue Origin's MK1 moon lander has passed its tests in the vacuum chamber as NASA continues to develop the hardware needed to return astronauts to the moon.
Lasers take aim at a galaxy far, far away | Space photo of the day for May 4, 2026
Looking like a scene out of "Star Wars," this image shows the ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) beaming four separate lasers into the sky towards the Tarantula Nebula.
Ice melts in the springtime on Mars | Space photo of the day for April 24, 2026
Springtime has arrived at the Red Planet's Chasma Boreale, as this photo by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows.
Nebula sparkles in new Hubble snapshot | Space photo of the day for April 23, 2026
Hubble revisits the Trifid Nebula in a spectacular image, revealing it's expansive splendor.
Celebrate Earth Day with this Artemis 2 shot | Space photo of the day for April 22, 2026
Celebrating Earth Day with an image of Earth captured by NASA's Artemis 2 mission around the moon.
Astronauts photograph Lyrid meteor shower from ISS | Space photo of the day for April 21, 2026
NASA's Jessica Meir spotted the Lyrids from aboard the space station.
