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Close-up video of the Sun, filling the left half of the view, its surface covered what looks like moving, glowing hairs accompanied by some short-lived bright arcs. Protruding to the right, in the centre of the video, is dark material that looks almost feathery, with thin streaks flowing both away from and towards the Sun.

Dark plasma dances over the sun | Space photo of the day for Nov. 26, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

These images help to unravel the magnetic mechanisms driving the sun's behavior and shaping the space environment throughout the solar system.

The Sun
A dizzying array of concentric blue and red and white circles are seen in the night sky behind a domed white building

Star trails over telescope in Chile | Space photo of the day for Nov. 25, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

Chilean astrophotographer Osvaldo Castillo captured this breathtaking view.

Astronomy
A white blob of ice surrounded by a yellow outline sits in a navy blue ocean

Satellite sees Antarctic ice shrink to 3rd-lowest max ever | Space photo of the day for Nov. 24, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

This is not good news for the future of our planet.

Earth
A white pointed rocket module sits on top of a white cylinder, both having the red worm NASA logo and the blue and red meatball NASA logo. The entire system sits in a large warehouse

NASA’s Artemis 2 moon rocket comes together | Space photo of the day for Nov. 21, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The Orion crew module gets stacked onto the Space Launch System in preparation for the upcoming Artemis 2 mission in early 2026.

Artemis
A streak of white showing Comet Lemmon moves into a red and green aurora seen on the edge of Earth in space

ISS astronauts see comet Lemmon 'absorbed' by aurora | Space photo of the day for Nov. 20, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

It's not every day you see both a comet and an aurora from low Earth orbit.

International Space Station
A series of golden lines converging to one point in a starry night in the center of the image

Lasers target the Tarantula Nebula with 'artificial stars' | Space photo of the day for Nov. 19, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The Very Large Telescope's interferometer targeted four lasers toward the Tarantula Nebula to create an artificial star.

Astronomy
The focus of the image is a portion of LDN 1641, an interstellar nebula in the constellation of Orion. In this view, a deep-black background is sprinkled with a multitude of dots (stars) of different sizes and shades of bright white. Across the sea of stars, a web of fuzzy tendrils and ribbons in varying shades of orange and brown rises from the bottom of the image towards the top-right like thin coils of smoke.

Euclid space telescope sees gorgeous cosmic cloud | Space photo of the day for Nov. 18, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

This image shows Euclid's capability to explore both our cosmic neighborhood and the deep universe beyond.

Astronomy
A bright orange and pink and purple map showing various temperatures corresponding to various colors over an image of Hurricane Melissa with Cuba and Florida labeled

Satellite captures destructive power of Hurricane Melissa | Space photo of the day for Nov. 17, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The image shows the difference in temperature between the top of a hurricane and the bottom.

Earth
A grayscale map of the US and Canada showing lights where auroras occurred, with a giant light ribbon at the top over Canada.

NOAA satellite sees glowing auroras from orbit | Space photo of the day for Nov. 14, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

A powerful geomagnetic storm created a series of brilliant auroras recently for observers across North America.

Stargazing
A large white rocket blasts off a launch pad with a tail of fire and smoke behind it

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket blasts off | Space photo of the day for Nov. 13, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The launch helped strengthen Europe's ambitions in climate monitoring, disaster response and maritime security.

Launches & Spacecraft
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