Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2025 June 16 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. APOD is 30 Years Old Today Image Credit: Pixelization of Van Gogh's [3]The Starry Night by [4]Dario Giannobile Explanation: [5]APOD is 30 years old today. In celebration, today's picture uses past APODs as tiles arranged to create a single pixelated image that might remind you of one of the most [6]well-known and evocative depictions of planet Earth's night sky. In fact, this [7]Starry Night consists of 1,836 individual images contributed to APOD over the last 5 years in a mosaic of 32,232 tiles. Today, APOD would like to offer a sincere thank you to our [8]contributors, volunteers, and readers. Over the last 30 years your continuing efforts have allowed us to enjoy, inspire, and share a discovery of the cosmos. Tomorrow's picture: find the space rose __________________________________________________________________ [9]< | [10]Archive | [11]Submissions | [12]Index | [13]Search | [14]Calendar | [15]RSS | [16]Education | [17]About APOD | [18]Discuss | [19]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [20]Robert Nemiroff ([21]MTU) & [22]Jerry Bonnell ([23]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn [24]Specific rights apply. [25]NASA Web Privacy, [26]Accessibility, [27]Notices; A service of: [28]ASD at [29]NASA / [30]GSFC, [31]NASA Science Activation & [32]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2506/APODStarryNight30thanniversary.jpg 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starry_Night 4. https://www.dariogiannobile.com/ 5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap950616.html 6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191023.html 7. https://www.dariogiannobile.com/night_sky_galleries/nightscape/h2e229a3a#h2e229a3a 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250615.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 13. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 15. https://apod.com/feed.rss 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 18. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=250616 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250617.html 20. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 21. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 22. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 23. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 25. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 26. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/ 27. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/ 28. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 29. https://www.nasa.gov/ 30. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 31. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 32. http://www.mtu.edu/