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Three boxes contain a glowing center that in the left box is blue, the middle box is yellow, and the right box is red.
NASA looks for the origins of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS | Space photo of the day for June 24, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is finding clues that are leading scientists toward the origins of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

Comets
A view out of the window of the ISS sees the SpaceX Dragon capsule with Earth in the background.
SpaceX Dragon says goodbye to the ISS | Space photo of the day for June 23, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published

The cargo spacecraft catches the sunlight as it departs its visit to the space station.

International Space Station
The James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month shows the giant molecular cloud Orion A, an area of the sky replete with star-forming clouds.
James Webb Space Telescope captures the star-forming clouds of Orion A in stunning detail | Space photo of the day for June 22, 2026

By Robert Lea Published

The Orion A region has never looked as colorful and vibrant.

James Webb Space Telescope
A Black woman wearing a pale pink skirt suit set stands in front of a control board with diagrams.
Annie Easley, a hero of NASA | Space photo of the day for June 19, 2026

By Monisha Ravisetti Published

Easley was a human computer for the agency who helped with building the Centaur upper-stage rocket.

Private Spaceflight
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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