NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day episodes

  • 2026 June 22 - M27: The Dumbbell Nebula

    In today's image, we see M27 also known as the Dumbbell Nebula. The is an example of planetary nebula - what our Sun will become in about six billion years.

    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 podcast.

    I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: [email protected]

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

    4 min
  • 2026 June 21 - Keogram: The Sky in 2025

    In today's image, we see a keogram - an image put together from multiple all sky images taken every 15 seconds for an entire year. We can easily see daylight and darkness and how they change over the year.

    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 podcast.

    I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: [email protected]

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

    4 min
  • 2026 June 20 - Daytime Moon Meets Evening Star

    In today's image, we see the planet Venus very close to the limb of the Moon. The was taken just at the end of an occultation of Venus by the Moon a few days ago.

    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 podcast.

    I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: [email protected]

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

    5 min
  • 2026 June 19 - Starry Night II

    In today's image, we see a photographic recreation of Vincent Van Gogh's famous Starry Night painting. The image was taken in Brazil in April of this year.

    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 podcast.

    I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: [email protected]

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

    4 min
  • 2026 June 18 - Possible Supernova Remnant in Galactic Center

    In today's image, we see a possible supernova remnant near the center of our galaxy - perhaps one of the closest known supernovae to the center 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. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast.

    I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: [email protected]

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

    5 min
  • 2026 June 17 - Longmore 8: The Hamster Wheel Nebula

    In today's image, we see the planetary nebula now as Longmore 8 or the Hamster Wheel Nebula. The red color is for hydrogen has while the blue color is from ionized oxygen farther out.

    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 podcast.

    I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: [email protected]

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

    4 min
  • 2026 June 16 - Moons, Rings, Shadows, Clouds: Saturn (Cassini)

    In today's image, we see an image from the Cassini spacecraft from 2005 showing Saturn and its ring system as well as several of its moons.

    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 podcast.

    I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: [email protected]

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

    4 min
  • 2026 June 15 - Triple Shockwave from Sun Crossing Rocket

    In today's image, we see a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it passes directly in front of the Sun. We can see the exhaust trail behind the rocket and the shock waves in front of it.

    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 podcast.

    I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: [email protected]

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

    4 min
  • 2026 June 14 - 10 Days of Venus and Jupiter

    In today's image, we see four panels showing Venus and Jupiter in the sky earlier this year as they approached one another in the sky, resulting in a conjunction of these two bright planets.

    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 podcast.

    I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: [email protected]

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

    4 min
  • 2026 June 13 - Interplanetary Earth

    In today's image, we see Earth as imaged from spacecraft orbiting two other planets in 2013. It was images from Saturn by the Cassini spacecraft and from Mercury by the MESSANGER spacecraft.

    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 podcast.

    I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: [email protected]

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

    4 min

About NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

From the publisher's feed

These podcasts are my discussion of NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. These are brief (3-5 minute) audio summaries of the picture posted on NASA's Picture of the Day website: APOD. Video versions…