These are the top 10 NASA space pictures from the month of July, 2026.
Our universe is an incredible, unfathomably enormous and beautiful thing. It is hard to not to feel insignificant against the size and beauty of the universe!
NASA describes our universe as follows:
The universe is everything. It includes all of space, and all the matter and energy that space contains. It even includes time itself and, of course, it includes you.
Earth and the Moon are part of the universe, as are the other planets and their many dozens of moons. Along with asteroids and comets, the planets orbit the Sun. The Sun is one among hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way galaxy, and most of those stars have their own planets, known as exoplanets.
The Milky Way is but one of billions of galaxies in the observable universe — all of them, including our own, are thought to have supermassive black holes at their centers. All the stars in all the galaxies and all the other stuff that astronomers can’t even observe are all part of the universe. It is, simply, everything.
The awesomeness of the universe is just that: awesome beyond understanding, staggering in its scale and mysteries, and cosmic displays that stretch our comprehension!
NASA space pictures are taken by NASA and astronomers around the world and posted on NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive.
The Vela Supernova Remnant
The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies
Charon: Moon of Pluto
Comet R3 PanSTARRS Through Time
Thor’s Helmet
The Eagle Nebula and Friends
The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant
Longmore 8: The Hamster Wheel Nebula
M27: The Dumbbell Nebula
M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind
Top Ten NASA Space Picture Archives
Image Credits
- The Vela Supernova Remnant: José Mtanous
- The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies: Rafael Sampaio
- Charon: Moon of Pluto: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Institute, U.S. Naval Observatory
- Comet R3 PanSTARRS Through Time: Jakub Kuřák & Martin Mašek (FZU of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
- Thor’s Helmet: Josep Drudis, Christian Sasse
- The Eagle Nebula and Friends:Emmanuel Delgadillo
- The Mermaid Nebula Supernova Remnant: Guangyan Gao
- Longmore 8: The Hamster Wheel Nebula: Mazlin, Parker, Forman, Magill, Hanson
- M27: The Dumbbell Nebula: Francesco Antonucci
- M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind: NASA, ESA, CSA, A. Smercina (STScI, Tufts), T. Williams (U. Manchester); Image Processing: A. Pagan (STScI)
- Andromeda Through Gas and Dust (Featured Image): Nick Fritz
