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

  • 2022 August 29 - The Horsehead Nebula Region without Stars

    In today's image, we see part of the Orion star forming region. In this case, we are looking near the belt of Orion and see one of the stars of the belt as well as the Horsehead Nebula. The remaining stars have been digitally removed from the image.


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    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
  • 2022 August 28 - Perijove 11: Passing Jupiter

    In today's image, we see a video clip from the Juno spacecraft as it passed close to Jupiter in 2018. Juno is in a highly elliptical, polar orbit and passes close to Jupiter from time to time.


    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
  • 2022 August 27 - IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula

    In today's image, we see the Cocoon Nebula, a star forming region also known by the catalog designation of IC 5146.

    

    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
  • 2022 August 26 - Little Planet South Pole

    In today's image, we see a compressed view of our Earth as imaged from the South Pole of the planet. Above, we see the dawn as Sun rises after 6 months or winter and below the aurora.


    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
  • 2022 August 25 - Tiangong Space Station Transits the Moon

    In today's image, we see our Moon with the Tiangong Space Station passing 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.

    5 min
  • 2022 August 24 - The Cartwheel Galaxy from Webb

    In today's image, we see the CartWheel Galaxy as imaged by the James Webb 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 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
  • 2022 August 23 - Meteor and Milky Way over the Mediterranean

    In today's image, we see one of the Perseid meteors as well as our own Milky Way galaxy over the Mediterranean Sea.


    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
  • 2022 August 22 - Earth's Recent Climate Spiral

    In today's image, we see a visualization of the temperature changes on Earth over the past 140 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.

    6 min
  • 2022 August 21 - The Spinning Pulsar of the Crab Nebula

    In today's image, we see the central regions of the Crab Nebula - the remnant of a star seen to explode here on Earth nearly 1000 years 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.

    4 min
  • 2022 August 20 - Stardust and Comet Tails

    In today's image, we see an example of a reflection nebula as well as a comet in our own solar system displaying its two tails - the ion tail and the dust tail.


    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

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…