APOD: 2026 October 14 – Mars and the Beehive Under an Aurora
In today’s image, Mars joins the Beehive cluster below an auroral curtain and above a horizon of happy little trees near Lansjärv, Sweden.
NASA reports that in today’s image, Mars joins the Beehive cluster below an auroral curtain and above a horizon of happy little trees near Lansjärv, Sweden.
This science story centres on Sweden. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Beehive Under, APOD and Mars.
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- Sweden · Europe
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- NASA
- First reported
- Key names
- Beehive Under, APOD, Mars, Lansjärv
- Section
- Science
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