Episodes

In today's image, we see a timelapse showing the total lunar eclipse that occurred this last week. We can watch the stars and Milky Way become ore visible as the Moon's light fades. 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 podca...

In today's image, we see an are on Mars which once contained liquid water. Mars is no longer able to have water in liquid form because of its low atmospheric pressure, but there is strong evidence that liquid water did exist on the surface billions of years ago. 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...

In today's image, we see an image of a rock on Mars. This rock was capped with a laser which can then be heard through the thin Martial atmosphere as a series of pops. 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...

In today's image, we see three galaxies in the constellation of Leo known as the Leo Triplet. These are three spiral galaxies but are seen in different orientations, giving us different views of each of the galaxies. 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 corr...

In today's image, we see an analemma of the Sun, formed by taking an image of the Sun at regular intervals over the course of a year. The analemma gets its shape from a combination of Earth's tilt and its elliptical orbit around the Sun. 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 ...

In today's image, we see a solar eclipse as seen from our Moon. In this case, it is the Earth passing in front of the Sun, blocking out its light. Here we see the ring of Earth's atmosphere with light coming through it as well as the "diamond" which is the last sliver of sunlight visible. 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 D...

In today's image, we see the dark nebula known by its more popular name of the Shark Nebula. 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: wagn...

In today's image, we see the nebula known by the popular name of Thor's Hemet. Much of the nebula is a bubble of material being expelled by a hot, young Wolf-Rayet 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 welco...

In today's image, we see the transit of Venus from 2012, when Venus passed directly in front of our Sun. This event will not occur again until 2117. 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 three images from the total eclipse from yesterday. The Moon appears this blood read color because of light bend by Earth's atmosphere which fills Earth's shadow with a deep red 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 correspondi...

In today's image, we see our Moon rising off in the distance as the Sun sets behind the observer. We can also see the shadow of the mountain against the distant 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 c...

In today's image, we see the region in Lynds 483 where a pair of protostars are forming at the center with a great outflow of material into the surrounding area. 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 comme...

In today's image, we see the galaxy known as the Fiddlehead Galaxy and also known by its catalog designation of NGC 772. 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....

In today's image, we see the galaxy known as NGC 1672. This is an example of a barred spiral galaxy, much like our own Milky Way. 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 ...

In today's image, we see the emission nebula known as the California Nebula for its resemblance to the western coast of the Uniter States. 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 an image from the Juno spacecraft showing the cyclones around Jupiter's North Pole. 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 re...

In today's image, we see three galaxies as imaged from the International Space Station from its low Earth 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 comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can b...

In today's image, we see the planetary nebula known as Abell 7. A planetary nebula is the end state of a star much like our own Sun which has exhausted its fuel and expels the outer layers out into 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. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to...

In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy known as Messier 94. This is a galaxy that has recently undergone a burst of star formation. It is also an active galaxy of the class known as a Seyfert 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 ...

In today's image, we see the Pleiades star cluster and the surrounding reflection nebula on the right side, the California Nebula, an emission nebula on the left side. 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...

In today's image, we see our Moon in the sky, heavily distorted as it is low in the sky, its light passing through more of Earth's atmosphere. 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...

In today's image, we see the Blue Ghost lander on the Moon. The landing occurred yesterday and is the first commercial landing on our Moon, bringing various scientific instruments for NASA. Future landers will assist in the Artemis Program to land humans on the Moon again in a few 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 Da...

In today's image, we see the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, an image taken over 20 years ago when Hubble was pointed at a relatively blank area of the sky. The image is coded with sounds so that more distant galaxies give a lower pitch. 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 Blue Ghost craft of the Moon. The Blue Ghost is scheduled to touch down tomorrow (March 2) to explore a part of the Mare Crisium on the near side of 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...