NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

In today's image, we see an image of a rock on Mars. This rock was capped with a laser which can then be heard through the thin Martial atmosphere as a series of pops. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the ar...

In today's image, we see three galaxies in the constellation of Leo known as the Leo Triplet. These are three spiral galaxies but are seen in different orientations, giving us different views of each of the galaxies. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at:...

In today's image, we see an analemma of the Sun, formed by taking an image of the Sun at regular intervals over the course of a year. The analemma gets its shape from a combination of Earth's tilt and its elliptical orbit around the Sun. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and...

In today's image, we see a solar eclipse as seen from our Moon. In this case, it is the Earth passing in front of the Sun, blocking out its light. Here we see the ring of Earth's atmosphere with light coming through it as well as the "diamond" which is the last sliver of sunlight visible. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media...

In today's image, we see the dark nebula known by its more popular name of the Shark Nebula. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of...

In today's image, we see the nebula known by the popular name of Thor's Hemet. Much of the nebula is a bubble of material being expelled by a hot, young Wolf-Rayet star. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the...

In today's image, we see the transit of Venus from 2012, when Venus passed directly in front of our Sun. This event will not occur again until 2117. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below th...

In today's image, we see three images from the total eclipse from yesterday. The Moon appears this blood read color because of light bend by Earth's atmosphere which fills Earth's shadow with a deep red light. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astrono...

In today's image, we see our Moon rising off in the distance as the Sun sets behind the observer. We can also see the shadow of the mountain against the distant sky. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the arch...

In today's image, we see the region in Lynds 483 where a pair of protostars are forming at the center with a great outflow of material into the surrounding area. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive...

In today's image, we see the galaxy known as the Fiddlehead Galaxy and also known by its catalog designation of NGC 772. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo...

In today's image, we see the galaxy known as NGC 1672. This is an example of a barred spiral galaxy, much like our own Milky Way. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to select t...

In today's image, we see the emission nebula known as the California Nebula for its resemblance to the western coast of the Uniter States. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to...

In today's image, we see an image from the Juno spacecraft showing the cyclones around Jupiter's North Pole. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo correspondin...

In today's image, we see three galaxies as imaged from the International Space Station from its low Earth orbit. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo correspo...

In today's image, we see the planetary nebula known as Abell 7. A planetary nebula is the end state of a star much like our own Sun which has exhausted its fuel and expels the outer layers out into space. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Pi...

In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy known as Messier 94. This is a galaxy that has recently undergone a burst of star formation. It is also an active galaxy of the class known as a Seyfert galaxy. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Pic...

In today's image, we see the Pleiades star cluster and the surrounding reflection nebula on the right side, the California Nebula, an emission nebula on the left side. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the ar...

In today's image, we see our Moon in the sky, heavily distorted as it is low in the sky, its light passing through more of Earth's atmosphere. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the imag...

In today's image, we see the Blue Ghost lander on the Moon. The landing occurred yesterday and is the first commercial landing on our Moon, bringing various scientific instruments for NASA. Future landers will assist in the Artemis Program to land humans on the Moon again in a few years. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media...

In today's image, we see the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, an image taken over 20 years ago when Hubble was pointed at a relatively blank area of the sky. The image is coded with sounds so that more distant galaxies give a lower pitch. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website...

In today's image, we see the Blue Ghost craft of the Moon. The Blue Ghost is scheduled to touch down tomorrow (March 2) to explore a part of the Mare Crisium on the near side of our Moon. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day...

In today's image, we see the Athena craft as it leaves Earth heading to our Moon. It is scheduled to land on the Moon on March 6 and explore the region around the South Pole, which is a potential landing site for the Artemis 3 mission to land humans on the Moon. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You...

In today's image, we see two one star clusters which appear close in the sky but are actually at very different distances and ages. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to select...

In today's image, we see a recently released photo from the Euclid Telescope, showing a complete Einstein Ring around the center of a nearby elliptical galaxy. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive li...