Published 5 January 2009
The Astronomy Picture of the Day offers top-class images of the cosmos each day on its NASA-hosted website.
The images are very varied and each one comes with a short commentary by an astronomer. This commentary explains what the image shows and why it is important.
What better way to mark International Year of Astronomy 2009 than to see an outstanding space-related image each day?
Learn more
Get your Astronomy Picture of the Day
Check out the global site for International Year of Astronomy 2009
There is also an Irish site for the Year of Astronomy
