NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

The crescent Moon, Venus, and Spica gather above Poland's Tatra Mountains in an apparent celestial meeting. Earthshine reveals the dim lunar disk, while Spica offers a glimpse of how much can lie behind a single point of starlight. 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 above the image to select

NGC 4449 is a small, irregular galaxy alive with star formation. Its missing oxygen helps astronomers investigate how dwarf galaxies distribute elements made by stars into their surroundings. 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 above the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of

Saturn appears just above the lunar limb in a composite of three images from an occultation. The view shows how orbital motion and our location on Earth determine whether the Moon hides a distant planet. 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 above the image to select the photo corresponding to

Rigel illuminates the blue Witch Head Nebula amid surrounding red nebulosity. This view connects reflected starlight, glowing hydrogen, and the ways stars reshape the clouds in which new stars form. 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 above the image to select the photo corresponding to the d

A fireball photographed over Italy's Dolomites on November 14, 2017, provides a striking introduction to exceptionally bright meteors. Its reported connection to the Northern Taurids brings this older image into the context of November's recurring meteor activity. 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

A favorable lunar libration reveals mountains near the Moon's south pole. Nearby sunlit high ground and permanently shadowed cold traps help explain the region's importance for water-ice research and future human exploration. 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 above the image to select the p