NASA’s Oct. 26 Astronomy Picture of the Day features M42, a star-forming nebula about 1,500 light-years away in the constellation Orion.
2026 October 26 – M42: The Great Nebula In Orion
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Tonight’s Sky Story: NASA Science (NASA APOD, 2026-10-25)
See how Rosetta photographed comet 67P up close, what the image reveals, and why Earth-based photographers need a different approach.
Tonight’s Sky Story: NASA Science (NASA APOD, 2026-10-18)
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APOD: 2026 October 15 – The Milky Way Over Manhattan
NASA’s Oct. 15 Astronomy Picture of the Day features a near-infrared image that captures the Milky Way above light-polluted Manhattan.
APOD: 2026 October 14 – Mars And The Beehive Under An Aurora
NASA’s October 14 Astronomy Picture of the Day pairs Mars and the Beehive star cluster with an aurora photographed near Lansjärv, Sweden.
Tonight’s Sky Story: NASA Science (NASA APOD, 2026-10-14)
See how Mars, the Beehive cluster and a Swedish aurora came together—and learn how to photograph a similar wide-field sky scene.
APOD: 2026 October 12 – Jupiter And The Moons
NASA’s October 12 Astronomy Picture of the Day explains an image showing Jupiter’s four Galilean moons aligned with Earth’s Moon.
APOD: 2026 October 11 – Ice Fishing For Cosmic Neutrinos
NASA’s October 11 APOD describes IceCube’s South Pole detector and says a founding collaboration leader will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics.
APOD: 2026 October 10 – Lunar Farside
NASA’s October 10 Astronomy Picture of the Day features a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mosaic and explains why the farside looks different.
Tonight’s Sky Story: NASA Science (NASA APOD, 2026-10-07)
Meet Nebula Pa 30, the starry remnant linked to an 1181 supernova, and learn what makes it fascinating to photograph from Earth.
