image of the day

The dome of the Gemini North telescope can be seen on top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, with shimmering star trails and satellite streaks arcing overhead.

This image captures Comet Lemmon in dramatic fashion, its bright coma and faint tail arcing across the starfield.

The European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission captured a plume of ash over the Planchón-Peteroa volcanic complex.

The Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission, which launched on Nov. 2, sent 18 payloads to orbit and, like most SpaceX launches, featured a rocket landing.

In Cerro Pachón, a full moon lights up the desert night sky and shows its many features.

Under the untouched darkness of Chile's Atacama Desert, the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope stands beneath an arching Milky Way.

The European Space Agency and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently visited the spiral galaxy NGC 3370

A new panorama from the Rubin Observatory captures the Milky Way in vivid detail.

For Halloween, our space photo of the day shows a brilliant orange sunset over Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona.

Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite captured high-resolution views inside the eye of the powerful Hurricane Melissa.