Live from Space
Explore our universe with NASA's amazing images and missions. Everything here is free and updated daily!
Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA's stunning space image - updated every single day!
Every day, NASA selects the most amazing space photograph or image from astronomers around the world. These are real images from telescopes, spacecraft, and observatories showing the wonders of our universe!
Today's Cosmic Wonder Awaits!
Each day features a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
✨ View Today's Picture →Opens NASA's official APOD page • Updated daily at midnight EST
🎨 What You'll See
- • Distant galaxies billions of light-years away
- • Colorful nebulae where stars are born
- • Planets in our solar system up close
- • Meteor showers and eclipses
- • The International Space Station
- • Comets, asteroids, and cosmic phenomena
🔬 Perfect For Learning
- • Each photo has a detailed explanation
- • Written by professional astronomers
- • Links to learn more about what you see
- • Great for school projects and presentations
- • Archive going back to 1995!
- • High resolution images available
Latest from Mars
Real photos from NASA's rovers exploring the Red Planet!
NASA's Perseverance and Curiosity rovers are currently exploring Mars, taking photos every day! See what it's really like on another planet through their cameras. Each photo takes 11-22 minutes to reach Earth because Mars is so far away!
Landed February 2021 • Jezero Crater
Landed August 2012 • Gale Crater
Thousands of Photos
New images uploaded daily from multiple cameras
Real Mars Surface
Actual photos from another planet, not simulations!
Filter by Camera
Choose front, rear, mast, or hazard cameras
EPIC: Earth from One Million Miles Away
Full Earth images from the DSCOVR satellite - updated daily!
The EPIC camera sits between Earth and the Sun, one million miles away. It captures amazing full-disk images of our entire planet, showing clouds, continents, and oceans all at once. These aren't composites - each image is a single photograph of the whole Earth!
Full Disk Views
See the entire sunlit side of Earth in one photo
Daily Updates
New images every single day
Time-Lapse Videos
Watch Earth rotate over hours or days
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Amazing Space Facts!
16 Sunrises Per Day
Astronauts on the ISS see the sun rise and set 16 times every 24 hours because they're orbiting so fast!
22-Minute Delay to Mars
When rovers send photos from Mars, it takes 11-22 minutes for the signal to reach Earth, depending on where the planets are!
The Blue Marble
From space, Earth looks like a beautiful blue marble because 71% of our planet is covered in water!
17,500 MPH
The International Space Station travels at 17,500 miles per hour - that's about 5 miles every second!
Want to Learn More About Space?
Explore our interactive tools and discover how time works differently on every planet!