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Bright moon tonight — deep-sky viewing will be limited
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
Auroral Corona
Cycle 25 solar maximum made 2025 a great year for aurora borealis (or aurora australis) on planet Earth. And the high level of solar activity should extend into 2026. So, while you're celebrating the arrival of the new year, check out this spectacular auroral display that erupted in starry night skies over Kirkjufell, Iceland. The awesome auroral corona, energetic curtains of light streaming from directly overhead, was witnessed during a strong geomagnetic storm triggered by intense solar activity near the March 2025 equinox. This boreal skyscape captures the evocative display in a 21 frame panoramic mosaic.
Image credit: Roi Levi — APOD is a service of NASA and Michigan Tech. U.
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NASA's Artemis II crew, including astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, was officially introduced ahead of their crewed lunar mission.
NASA — 30 Mar 2026
NASA awarded Intuitive Machines $180.4 million to deliver seven science payloads to the lunar surface as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative supporting Artemis.
NASA — 27 Mar 2026
NASA released the launch countdown for Artemis II, targeting no earlier than April 1, 2026, for the first crewed mission to take humans around the Moon in over 50 years.
NASA — 26 Mar 2026
NASA selected 10 scientists to shape the lunar surface science plan for Artemis astronauts, including deploying instruments and collecting Moon rocks at the lunar south pole.
NASA — 27 Mar 2026
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