NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

In today's image, we see the third quarter moon toward the bottom of the image and the Pleiades star cluster to the right. 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 phot...

In today's image, we see a recent prominence in the shape of a triangle which was observed to be hovering over the surface of our 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 website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link below the image to sel...

In today's image, we see our moon as a thin, waning crescent. A thin cloud in Earth's atmosphere happens to be passing in front of our Moon, giving it a resemblance to the planet Saturn. 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 Galaxy group containing the spiral galaxy known as NGC 7771. The two larger spiral galaxies here are interacting and will eventually merge in to a single larger galaxy. The IFN refers to Integrated Flux Nebulae. These consist of dust slightly above the plane of our galaxy and are sometimes clawed galactic cirrus. My podcasts are available in video form through this You...

In today's image, we see the region around the South Pole of our Moon. The region is very heavily cratered. We can see a number of older craters which are becoming quite worn over billions of years and a relatively young crate with the prominent central peak still visible. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for...

In today's image, we see the star forming region known as Messier 17. This is essentially a factory where stars are being created from the gas and dust in space, as the materials are pulled together under gravity. 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: Ast...

In today's image, we see the Tulip Nebula, an emission nebula located in the constellation of Cygnus. Also in the image is the black hole known as Cygnus X-1. This is one of the closer black holes to Earth and one of the first confirmed to exist. The star is the companion star around the black hole. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorize...

In today's image, we see our moon passing in front of Saturn in what is called an occultation or eclipse. Because of the positioning, this will occur every month for the rest of the year and can be seen at specific locations on Earth. 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 web...

In today's image, we see a video clip showing a number of the Perseid meteors from the shower in 2023. The meteors are small bits of a comet, left behind in its orbit, which are vaporized when it strikes Earth's upper 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...

In today's image, we see one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus. This moon as relatively fresh and recently formed features known as tiger stripes showing that the moon has been recently active. 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 shadow cast by Earth setting opposite to the rising Sun which would be behind the observer here. The full moon, visible here, would be considered a supermoon, which occurs when the full moon occurs when the Moon is closest to Earth in its orbit. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site fo...

In today's image, we see the remnant of a star that would have been observed to explode on Earth around 10,000 years ago. The material from the star has been expanding out into space and gives the structure that we see today. 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 dire...

In today's image, we see cometary globule in the constellation of Scorpius. In this region, we see dark nebula, reflection nebulae, and emission nebulae. 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 bel...

In today's image, we see a map of the entire sky as imaged in Gamma rays by the Fermi Space Telescope. The red line across the middle is our own Milky Way and the dots scattered around the image are gamma ray emission from distant 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 a...

In today's image, we see the supermoon rising out in the distance beyond the Temple of Poseidon. This is also a blue moon which is the third of four full moons in a season. 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 t...

In today's image, we see the star forming region known as the Cocoon Nebula. In the central region here, new stars are in the process of formation. Their energy then clears away the remaining dust and gas so that, in hundreds of thousands of years, only a new star cluster will remain. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mir...

In today's image, we see a timelapse video showing the eruption of a solar prominence on the surface of the Sun back in 2011. 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 p...

In today's image, we see images of star trails caused by the Earth's rotation on its axis. In addition, we see the launch of a rocket and the trail left behind as it heads 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 Picture of the Day . Yo...

In today's image, we see an image showing the Big Dipper as well as one of the Perseid meteors from a few days ago. In addition, we see the aurora which brightened the sky because of a recent solar storm. 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 sky over Sweden which shows one of the Perseid meteors as well as the Pleiades star cluster and the aurora from a recent solar storm. 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 several Perseid meteors from the show this past weekend as well as the aurora from a recent outburst on the surface of 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 website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day . You can use the archive link belo...

In today's image, we see an example of Giant Jet lightning as imaged from the International Space Station last month. This is a recently discovered form of lightning, much higher in the atmosphere that the traditional lightning we see between clouds or between clouds and the ground. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirro...

In today's image, we see a number of Perseid meteors as well as our Milky Way Galaxy in the sky over Stonehenge. 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 an animation showing the orbit of comet Swift-Tuttle which is the comet responsible for the Perseid Meteor shower that occurs every year in mid-August. Here we can see how the stream of material comes very close to Earth's orbit, giving us the sower go meteor particles each year. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel . This Podcast is an auth...

In today's image, we see the Trifid Nebula, also known as M20. In this nebula, we see three different types of nebula: Emission nebulae, Reflection nebulae, and Dark nebulae. 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...