Episodes

In today's image, we see an animation put together from images taken by the Juno spacecraft as it flew by Ganymede and Jupiter back in 2021. 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 a...

In today's image, we see the Orion spacecraft around the Moon. This was part of the Artemis I mission which was an uncrewed craft returning to the Moon. Artemis II is scheduled for this coming year which will return astronauts to the Moon for the first time since 1972. This will not be a landing, but a try around the Moon in preparation for a future landing. My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel. This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You c...

In today's image, we see fox in front of the northern lights as they shimmer over Finland. 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: wagner...

In today's image, we see galaxies in the constellation of Eridanus - the river. This is an example of interacting galaxies where the larger galaxy is in the process of consuming the smaller. one. 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...

In today's image, we see the Horsehead Nebula which is a part of the nearby Orion star forming region. 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 ...

In today's image, we see the central region of the star forming region known as the Soul Nebula locates in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. 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 sugge...

In today's image, we see a timelapse video showing various regions on Earth as imaged by the International Space Station flying over Earth in a relatively low orbit. 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 c...

In today's image, we see the spectrum of our Sun. The spectral lines are specific to different elements. Studying the strengths of the spectral lines helps us to determine the composition of our Sun. Although the origin of some of the lines is still unknown. 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 lin...

In today's image, we see an image from the Apollo 17 mission with the astronauts exploring the edge of Shorty Crater which is visible off to the right. 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 su...

In today's image, we see jets being emitted from he variable star RX Andromedae. This is actually a binary system with one star transferring mass to another which creates a disk of material and the jets perpendicular to that disk. 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 ...

In today's image, we see interacting galaxies in the constellation of Fornax. When galaxies interact they become distorted with the loops and shells that we see in the galaxies here. 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 podc...

In today's image, we see a visualization of what one would see if they were to head toward the center of our galaxy at over 60% of 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 sug...

In today's image, we see an example of a Seyfert galaxy. This is a spiral galaxy with an unusually active center. The activity is fueled by material being consumed by the central black hole causing the galaxy to emit more light than normal. 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 ...

In today's image, we see 3I ATLAS which is a visitor to our solar system from another distant solar system. It was likely ejected from a distant solar system many millions of years ago and happened to wander into our solar system to visit before heading back out into interstellar space. 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...

In today's image, we see an image from the surface of Saturn's large moon, Titan. This was taken by the Huygens lander as part of the Cassini mission back in 2005. 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 com...

In today's image, we see the thin waxing crescent Moon as seen just a few days after the new moon of this month. 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 b...

In today's image, we see the cCrescent Nebula. This is a nebula around a hot, young Wolf-Rayet star. The strong stellar winds help to expel material from the star. 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 com...

In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy NGC 1055. The galaxy has an extended halo likely from a satellite galaxy which has been disrupted after passing too close to the larger 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 ...

In today's image, we see the globular cluster M15. This deep image composed of over 100 hours of imaging, brings out more detail and allows us to see the gas and dust with our galaxy also visible in this direction. 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 corres...

In today's image, we see Comet Lemmon which was visible earlier this year and is now heading back to the outer solar system. In addition, we see our Milky Way galaxy - our own spiral galaxy as we see it from within. 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 corre...

In today's image, we see unusual dust shells imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope. These shells are formed by two orbiting Wolf-Rayet stars which are some of the hottest and most massive stars known. 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 ...

In today's image, we see - Everything. This is the entire observable universe. Our solar system is at the center and regions further out contain stars in our galaxy, nearby galaxies, distant galaxies, filaments and voids, and the cosmic microwave background, the most distant thing that can be seen. 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 Pictur...

In today's image, we see the moons of Saturn - Dione and Rhea as they cross Saturn's ring plane as seen from Earth. The rings appear thin as they are seen edge-on something that only happens every 13-16 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 correspondi...

In today's image, we see the interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS. This is the third object discovered that has visited our solar system from outside. It made its closes approach to our Sun a little less than a month ago and, in a few weeks, will make its closest approach to Earth. 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. Yo...