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

  • 2025 May 10 - Yogi and Friends in 3D

    In today's image, we see a 3D image from the surface of Mars showing the Sojourner rover on Mars as well as the Pathfinder lander and several rock features on Mars, including one names Yogi.

    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
  • 2025 May 09 - IXPE Explores a Black Hole Jet

    In today's image, we see an artist's rendering of the jet of material being emitted from around a black hole. Recent observations have determine that the x-rays being produces are from energetic electrons.

    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
  • 2025 May 09 - Herbig-Haro 24

    In today's image, we see what is known as a Herbig-Haro object which is formed as jets of material are expelled from a protostar as it is in the process of formation.


    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
  • 2025 May 08 - M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab

    In today's image, we see two images of the Crab Nebula showing the expansion that has taken place in the time between these two images.

    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
  • 2025 May 07 - Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82

    In today's image, we see a pair of galaxies which are in the process of merging. Galactic mergers like this can take billions of years as the galaxies will make many approaches to one another before finally merging into a single 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.

    4 min
  • 2025 May 06 - The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes

    In today's image, we see a computer simulation of two supermassive black holes and their accretion disks in orbit around one another.

    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
  • 2025 May 05 - Planet Lines Across Water

    In today's image, we see lines of reflected light from planets and our Moon as seen across the surface of 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.

    4 min
  • 2025 May 04 - Spin Up of a Supermassive Black Hole

    In today's image, we see an artist's conception of the accretion disk and jet of a supermassive black hole. Recent measurements have shown that black holes are spinning at close to a limit as measured my material at the inner edge of the accretion disk moving at close to the speed of 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: 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
  • 2025 May 03 - Titan: Moon over Saturn

    In today's image, we see the large moon of Saturn known as Titan. This is the only moon in the solar system with a significant atmosphere and the only object (other than Earth!) that has a liquid present on its 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 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
  • 2025 May 02 - Young Star Cluster NGC 346

    In today's image, we see a young star cluster, NGC 346, located in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The energy from the hot stars in the cluster shapes the material around the cluster.

    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…