Meteor streaks across the sky above big observatory | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2026

A meteor streaks across the sky above the U.S. National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory in southern Arizona. (Image credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava))

Searing across the night sky, a meteor puts on a spectacular show above a powerful observatory.

The meteor's blaze was captured above the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO).