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Each day we highlight a spectacular picture from space. See space exploration photos, astronaut pictures and more in our Image of the Day galleries.

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A giant cloud of toxic smoke from wildfires in Canada is spreading across the U.S. northeast in this image sequence taken by the U.S. weather forecasting satellite GOES East.

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The U.S. weather forecasting satellite GOES East observes how toxic air pollution from wildfires in Canada spreads southward to the U.S. Northeast.

Soyuz MS-11

Space Image of the Day Gallery (December 2018)

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See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com's gallery of cosmic images posted in December 2018.

Soyuz View of the International Space Station

Space Image of the Day Gallery (November 2018)

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See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com's gallery of cosmic images posted in November 2018.

NASA

Space Image of the Day Gallery (October 2018)

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See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com's gallery of cosmic images posted in October 2018.

IRAS 05437+2502

Space Image of the Day Gallery (September 2018)

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Asteroid Dirt Gets a Close-Up

Space Image of the Day Gallery (August 2018)

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Magnetic Activity Spotted on the Sun

Space Image of the Day Gallery (July 2018)

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Taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, this photo highlights the exposed, colorful bedrock of the planet's Hale Crater. This impact crater measures over 62 miles (100 km) across and is marked by a number of stunning, visual features.

Space Image of the Day Gallery (June 2018)

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See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com's gallery of cosmic images posted in June 2018.

Messier 66

Space Image of the Day Gallery (May 2018)

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See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com's gallery of cosmic images posted in May 2018.

spacewalk

Space Image of the Day Gallery (April 2018)

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Charting Ice in the Bering Strait

Space Image of the Day Gallery (March 2018)

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Total Lunar Eclipse Over NASA

Space Image of the Day Gallery (February 2018)

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Astronaut Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) celebrated the New Year of 2018 with this photo of a sunrise from the International Space Station on Twitter.

Space Image of the Day Gallery (January 2018)

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ISS over Washington National Cathedral

Space Image of the Day Gallery (December 2017)

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Minotaur C Launch

Space Image of the Day Gallery (November 2017)

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NGC 1964

Space Image of the Day Gallery (October 2017)

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

Jupiter's Great Red 'Monet'

Space Image of the Day Gallery (September 2017)

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White swirl moving across blue orb of the Earth

Space Image of the Day Gallery (August 2017)

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W51

Space Image of the Day Gallery (July 2017)

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NGC 1512 & NGC 1510

Space Image of the Day Gallery (June 2017)

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