Episodes

In today's image, we see five supernovae in the sky in this deep image requiring 200 hours' of observing of this portion of the sky. 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 the...

In today's image, we see a newly formed crater on the Moon known as McGetchin. This formed sometime between April and May of 2024 based on images seen before and after by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. 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 a chance alignment with our Sun. On the solar surface we see sunspots. and passing in front of it, by coincidence, we see the International Space Station and an airplane. 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 Cocoon Nebula - a star forming region in the constellation of Cygnus. 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...

In today's image, we see a solar analemma as seen over the Callanish stone circle in Scotland. 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: wa...

In today's image, we see the zodiacal light stretching up from the horizon. The planets Jupiter and Mars are visible as well. 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 podc...

In today's image, we see one of the spiral galaxies in our Local Group. This contains our Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. M33 would be the third largest galaxy in our Local Group. 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 pod...

In today's image, we see a treasure chest in which the jewels inside a stars which have blown the lid off of the chest with their strong stellar winds. 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 two images of M64 - Visible light from Hubble and infrared from Webb. This allows us to see different parts of the 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 sugges...

In today's image, we see the end of an occultation. This occurred when our Moon passed in front of Venus. In the image, we see Venus shortly after it emerged from behind our Moon. 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...

In today's image, we see a periodic table of the element which shows the primary source for each of the elements and where it is produced. 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 abo...

In today's image, we see a time-lapse video made from 250 images taken over half an hour as the comet rose in the morning sky back in July 2020. 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 suggestio...

In today's image, we see an image taken by Neil Armstrong from the surface of the Moon back in 1969. In the image, Buzz Aldrin is setting up an experiment to catch some particles from the solar wind which would later be returned to Earth for study. 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 th...

In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy known as M83. This is a spiral galaxy with many red star forming regions populating the spiral arms. 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 suggestion...

In today's image, we see LDN 1295 - an example of a dark nebula. This contains dust in space where enough material is present to block out the light from behind. Within the darkest knots, new stars are 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 ...

In today's image, we see the eclipsing binary star now as XZ Andromedae. There are two (or more) stars here and when one passes in front of the other, that causes the brightness to dim. 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 p...

In today's image, we see the decagon observed last year around Saturn's South Pole. This is similar to the hexagon around the North Pole of Saturn. 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 sugges...

In today's image, we see a long exposure (about 25 hours' worth) of the Pelican Nebula. This image enhances the patterns of gas and dust relative to the stars. 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 comment...

In today's image, we see an image of the dwarf planet Pluto as mated by the New Horizons spacecraft back in July 2015. The image is in enhanced color which shows differences in composition on different parts of the object. 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 phot...

In today's image, we see an image from the cockpit of a NASA aircraft that flew in the Moon's shadow to observe last month's solar eclipse. 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 ab...

In today's image, we see the two colliding galaxies known by the name Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola or "The Twin Spirits Pulling Together Creating Life". These galaxies are colliding and will likely eventually merge into a single galaxy in the future. 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 be...

In today's image, we see an image from the solar eclipse of several weeks ago, nicely framed around a nesting stork. 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 c...

In today's image, we see multiple images of the solar eclipse of August 12 taken from the same location and spliced together to show the progression of the Sun and Moon during the eclipse as the Sun set. 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 a lunar eclipse as a plane happens to pass in front of the Moon as seen from a specific location on 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. 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 thes...