NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day
These podcasts are my discussion of NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. These are brief (3-5 minute) audio summaries of the picture posted on NASA's Picture of the Day website: APOD. Video versions of these are available on YouTube. I use these as the introduction to each of my introductory astronomy classes. Students will be able to access them here to review what was discussed in class. I appreciate any comments or suggestions which can be sent to: [email protected].
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 3 minutes
- Episodes
- 1074
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
2025 March 12 - NGC 772: The Fiddlehead Galaxy
In today's image, we see the galaxy known as the Fiddlehead Galaxy and also known by its catalog designation of NGC 772.
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2025 March 11 - NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
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.
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2025 March 10 - NGC 1499: The California Nebula
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.
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2025 March 09 - Cyclones at Jupiter's North Pole
In today's image, we see an image from the Juno spacecraft showing the cyclones around Jupiter's North Pole.
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2025 March 08 - Galaxies in Space
In today's image, we see three galaxies as imaged from the International Space Station from its low Earth orbit.
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2025 March 07 - Planetary Nebula Abell 7
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 s…
2025 March 06 - Starburst Galaxy Messier 94
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 gal…
2025 March 05 - Seven Sisters versus California
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.
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2025 March 04 - A Quadruple Alignment over Italy
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.
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2025 March 03 - Blue Ghost on the Moon
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 la…
2025 March 02 - The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in Light and Sound
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 dista…
2025 March 01 - Blue Ghost to the Moon
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.
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2025 February 28 - Athena to the Moon
In today's image, we see the Athena craft as it leaves Earth heading to our Moon. It is scheduled to land on the Moon on March 6 and explore the region around the South Pole, which is a potential lan…
2025 February 27 - Open Star Clusters M35 and NGC 2158
In today's image, we see two one star clusters which appear close in the sky but are actually at very different distances and ages.
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2025 February 26 - Einstein Ring Around Nearby Galaxy Center
In today's image, we see a recently released photo from the Euclid Telescope, showing a complete Einstein Ring around the center of a nearby elliptical galaxy.
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2025 February 25 - M41: The Little Beehive Star Cluster
In today's image, we see the cluster known as the Little Beehive. This is an open cluster of star, possible much like the one our Sun was born in billions of years ago.
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2025 February 24 - Light Pillar over Erupting Mount Etna
In today's image, we see a light pillar in the sky about the erupting Mount Etna in Italy.
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2025 February 23 - Saturn in Infrared from Cassini
In today's image, we see an image of Saturn including its north polar hexagon as imaged in the infrared from the Cassini spacecraft.
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2025 February 22 - Rima Hyginus
In today's image, we see the lunar feature known as Rima Hyginus, This is a rare feature, which is a volcanic crater as compare to the more common impact craters not he lunar surface.
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2025 February 21 - Hubble's Andromeda Galaxy Mosaic
In today's image, we see a number of images of the Andromeda Galaxy taken by the Hubble Space Telescope over more than a decade. These have been stitched together in a mosaic of the entire galaxy, on…