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clouds float above a green landscape, in the center of which is a tall cone-shaped mountain with a bright red circle at its peak

Satellite spies an erupting volcano | Space photo of the day for March 13, 2026

By Brett Tingley published

A new NASA satellite image has captured a rare view of an erupting volcano, revealing its bright red lava flow as seen from space.

Earth
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft is pictured installed to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port as the International Space Station orbited 262 miles (422 kilometers) above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Africa.

ISS astronauts take out the space trash | Space photo of the day for March 12, 2026

By Brett Tingley published

A photo captures Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL freighter being jettisoned away from the International Space Station carrying thousands of pounds of garbage, headed for a fiery demise.

Launches & Spacecraft
a dense cluster of bright dots of light on a black background

The 'invisible giant' at the heart of our galaxy | Space photo of the day for March 11, 2026

By Brett Tingley published

A new image captured by the Very Large Telescope reveals stars and gas orbiting the "invisible giant" at the heart of our galaxy.

Stars
a blue and white cloud of gas on a black background

A star dies in the Cat's Eye | Space photo of the day for March 10, 2026

By Brett Tingley published

The Hubble and Euclid space telescopes caught a stunning portrait of a dying star at the heart of the Cat's Eye Nebula.

Galaxies
a sweeping vista of stars and dust spiraling at a skew around a bright center

Hubble spies a skewed spiral galaxy | Space photo of the day for May 5, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Arp 184 or NGC 1961, a skewed or "peculiar" spiral galaxy, is still stunning in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Hubble Space Telescope
An image of SpaceX's Starship rocket taking to the skies over Starbase site in South Texas on Thursday evening (March 6).

Space pictures! See our space image of the day

By Space.com Staff, Josh Dinner last updated

Space.com's image of the day rounds up the most awe-inspiring space photos right here, with a new image everyday.

Astrophotography
SpaceX's Starship Flight 5 Super Heavy booster approaches its launch tower for the first-ever landing and capture at the pad after launching on a suborbital test flight from Starbase in South Texas on Oct. 13, 2024.

Image of the Day 2024 Archive

By Space.com Staff published

Space.com's image of the day rounds up the most awe-inspiring space photos right here, with a new image everyday.

Astrophotography
silhouettes of three people at sunset in front of a large rocket on a launch pad in the background

Image of the Day 2023 Archive

By Space.com published

See Space.com's 2023 Image of the Day Archive.

Space Exploration
two massive side booster spew yellow orange fire lifting the core stage of a rocket as two main engines also ignite

Image of the Day 2022 Archive

By Space.com published

See Space.com's 2022 Image of the Day Archive.

Space Exploration
NGC 1964

Space Image of the Day Gallery (October 2017)

By Space.com Staff last updated

See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com's gallery of cosmic images posted in October 2017.

Astrophotography
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