NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

In today's image, we see the region around WR 134 which is an example of a Wolf-Rayet star - a hot young star that will eventually end its life in a supernova explosion. 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 galaxy clusters colliding. We can especially see this in the x-ray overlay which shows the spiral of swirling gas from the collision. 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 lin...

In today's image, we see the Dark Wolf Nebula. This is a dark nebula located in the constellation of Scorpius. 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 correspond...

In today's image, we see the nebula known as the Angle Nebula. There are three different types of nebulae located here: blue reflection nebulae, red emission nebulae, and dark dusty 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 D...

In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy NGC 3169 as it is appearing to be unraveled by its neighbor galaxy which which it is interacting gravitationally. 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...

In today's image, we see the barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 1300 as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. 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 the aurora as viewed from above from the International Space Station in 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 corresp...

In today's image, we see the comet R3 PanSTARRS as it continues moving through Orion in its journey south as it heads back out of our solar system. 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...

In today's image, we see the Messier Catalog - objects cataloged by the 18th century astronomer Charles Messier who cataloged extended objects which were not comets. 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 open star cluster NGC 188, which is an old open star cluster - about 7 billion years old. Much older than typical open clusters in the plane of our 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 . Y...

In today's image, we see Comet R3 PanSTARRS as it passes close to the Orion 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 this pod...

In today's image, we see a video of the Moon setting. This is a realtime video, taken with a telephoto lens which is why the Moon looks unusually large here. 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...

In today's image, we see comet R3 PanSTARRS which is now heading out of our solar system. Also in the image are the star Rigel and the Witch Head and Orion 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 archi...

In today's image, we see the craters Messier and Messier A on the moon. These are location in one of the lesser cratered seas or Maria on the lunar surface, 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...

In today's image, we see the comet known as R3 PanSTARRS as its tail stretches back in front of the distant Witch Head Nebula and the bright star Rigel in the constellation of Orion. 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...

In today's image, we see a recently detected supernova in an edge-on spiral galaxy. A supernova like this occurs at the end of the life of a massive star with has exhausted all sources of fuel. 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 th...

In today's image, we see the retrograde motion of the planets Saturn and Neptune in images taken between May 2025 and February 2026. 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 selec...

In today's image, we see the Orion region over Mount Teide. The Orion region is one of the nearest star forming regions to us in our 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 link below the image...

In today's image, we see what are known as superplumes inside Earth, detected by the motions of earthquake waves through Earth's interior. The exact cause of these superplumes is still debated. 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 th...

In today's image, we see part of the Triffid Nebula (M20) including desert pillars of material where stars are forming and jets from some of the young stars that are forming. 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...

In today's image, we see multiple images of Saturn's moon, Titan. The central image is the normal visible light image showing the haz bin the atmosphere. The others show false-color, infrared images giving us a view of the surface of 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 can access the imag...

In today's image, we see the set of galaxies known as Markarian's Chain. This is a group of galaxies that appear in a line - they are part of the Virgo Cluster - a nearby galaxy cluster to our own smaller Local Group of 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...

In today's image, we see a simulation showing what waves would be like on Earth and Titan, taking into account the different conditions on each object. 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...

In today's image, we see multiple images of our Moon, the planet Venus, and the Pleiades star cluster taken as the Moon was setting as a thin crescent earlier this month. 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 what are known as cometary globules which are sometimes formed as part of the star formation process. 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...