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A streak of a shooting star can be seen in the night sky with silhouettes of pine trees in the foreground

Meteor lights up West Virginia night sky | Space photo of the day for August 6, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The shooting star was part of the Perseid and Alpha Capricornids meteor showers.

Stargazing
A domed building is under construction in the middle of a desert, surrounded by cranes and machines and scaffolding.

Extremely Large Telescope gets a roof | Space photo of the day for August 5, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The world's largest optical telescope is still under construction but is raising the roof on its progress.

Astronomy
A sunrise streaks golden light out over the water near a silhouette of a rocket on a launch pad on the left of the image

Sunrise hits SpaceX's Crew-11 rocket on the pad | Space photo of the day for August 4, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The day seemed particularly promising on July 31, 2025.

Private Spaceflight
A photo of Earth from space shows its green landscape with a large brown shape in the middle where a drained lake sits

Big lake in Quebec suddenly disappears, satellite finds | Space photo of the day for August 1, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The lake was completely drained in the spring of 2025.

Earth
A golden ring of light surrounds a dark circle in the middle of the image with a golden smaller circle to the right

ERIS spots spiral disc around young star | Space photo of the day for July 31, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

A possible planet may be carving the disc around the young star

Astronomy
A wrapped up satellite sits on a metal cart next to two halves of a large cylindrical case, both also on carts in a cleanroom

Powerful NISAR Earth-observing satellite loaded up for launch in India | Space photo of the day for July 30, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The satellite will scan the Earth twice every 12 days.

Satellites
A glowing ball of light is seen over the city lights of Singapore during the night

ISS astronauts spot lightning strike from space | Space photo of the day for July 29, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

Residents both on the ISS and in Singapore were treated to a spectacular show at 3:18 am local time.

Earth
A giant ring of light illuminates a series of metal parts in a giant telescope

Vera Rubin Observatory glows under recalibration LEDs | Space photo of the day for July 28, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The glowing light shows the intricate details that make this cutting-edge telescope work.

Astronomy
A streak of white zooms across the black background

SpaceX Dragon carrying 4 astronauts zooms back to Earth | Space photo of the day for July 25, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The spacecraft streaks through the darkness of space to reenter Earth's atmosphere.

Human Spaceflight
A photo of the face of a new fiber optic telescope with the number 4 over a red metal background is shown

New fiber optic telescope 4MOST channels 'The Fantastic Four' | Space photo of the day for July 24, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

Marvel's new superhero movie isn't the only thing featuring some of the brightest stars.

Astronomy
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