These podcasts are commentary and discussions of images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
In today's image, we see the great comet of 2007, Comet McNaught. The comet was one of the brightest to have been seen in several decades. Now, we look...
In today's image, we see an object which is not a comet, but is actually a planetary nebula. This type of nebula is what forms at the end of the life...
In today's image, we see the comet known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as it is visible in the sky just as the moon is barely rising over the horizon. The comet...
In today's image, we see a partial solar eclipse that occurred yesterday and was visible over parts of the South Pacific and South Atlantic oceans....
In today's image, we see a nearby satellite galaxy of our Milky Way known as the Large Magellanic Cloud. The galaxy is prominently visible in the the...