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A cosmic card for December 31
See the Astronomy Picture of the Day connected to December 31, then choose the year to find the closest matching archive entry.
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More NASA APOD entries for December 31
The result above follows the year you selected. For broader context, the latest indexed APOD for this December 31 archive page is “HH-222: The Waterfall Nebula”, published on December 31, 2025. Use the year selector above to check entries for this calendar date across 1995-2025.
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
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December 31, 2025
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What does APOD mean?
APOD stands for Astronomy Picture of the Day, NASA's public archive of daily astronomy images and explanations.
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