NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day
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2026 May 19 - NGC 2170: The Angel Nebula
2026 May 18 - Unraveling NGC 3169
2026 May 17 - NGC 1300: Barred Spiral Galaxy
2026 May 16 - Aurora Slathers Up the Sky
2026 May 15 - R3 PanStarrs: An Orion Comet
2026 May 14 - Messier Catalog at Uniform Scale
2026 May 13 - NGC 188 - Old Cluster in the New General Catalog
2026 May 12 - The Conjunction of Comet R3 PanSTARRS and the Orion Nebula
2026 May 11 - Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano
2026 May 10 - Comet R3 PanSTARRS and Orion
2026 May 09 - Messier Craters in Stereo
2026 May 08 - Comet R3 PanSTARRS Before Rigel
2026 May 07 - Supernova in a Sideways Spiral
2026 May 06 - The Retrograde Dance of Saturn and Neptune
2026 May 05 - Orion over Mount Teide
2026 May 04 - Superplumes Inside Earth
2026 May 03 - Triffid Pillar and Jets
2026 May 02 - Seeing Titan
2026 May 01 - Markarian's Chain
2026 April 30 - Waves on Titan
2026 April 29 - The Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades
2026 April 28 - CG 30: Cometary Globules
2026 April 27 - Comet R3 PanSTARRS Behind Satellite Trails
2026 April 26 - Mystic Mountain Monster Being Destroyed
2026 April 25 - The Persistence of Sunlight
2026 April 23 - Young Moon and Sister Stars
2026 April 23 - The Large Scale Structure of the Universe
2026 April 22 - Earthiest with an iPhone
2026 April 21 - Three Sky Arches over Snowy Alps
2026 April 20 - Comet R3 PanSATRRS over a Himalayan Valley
2026 April 19 - Eye on the Milky Way
2026 April 18 - PanSTARRS and Planets
2026 April 17: M82: Starburst Galaxy with a Superwind
2026 April 16 - South Celestial Tree
2026 April 15 - The ISS Transits the Moon
2026 April 14 - The Long Wispy Tail of Comet R3 (PanSTARRS)
2026 April 13 - NGC 602 and Beyond
2026 April 12 - Comet R3 (PanSTARRS) Brightens
2026 April 11 - Artemis II: Flight Day 6
2026 April 10 - Exploring the Antennae
2026 April 09 - Destruction of Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS)
2026 April 08 - Earthset
2026 April 07 - NGC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
2026 April 06 - The Path of Artemis II
2026 April 05 - NGC 3310: A Starburst Spiral Galaxy
2026 April 04 - Hello World
In today's image, we see the vies from the Orion spacecraft of the Artemis II mission which is taking humans on a trip around our moon for the first time since 1972. Here, we look back at Earth, seeing the entire Earth at once. 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: [email protected] work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
2026 April 03 - Caught in the Web: Visualization of a Black Hole Merger in the Tarantula Nebula
In today's image, we see s combination of two images - one is the image of the Tarantula Nebula, the other a simulation of a black hole merger.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: [email protected] work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
2026 April 02 - Liftoff! Returning to the Moon
In today's image, we see the liftoff of the Artemis II mission which will take astronauts to a trip around the moon for the first time since 1972.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: [email protected] work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
2026 April 01 - The Claw and Bubble Nebulae
In today's image, we see the Claw and Bubble nebulae which are a part of their star forming region in our Milky Way 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 suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: [email protected] work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
2026 March 31 - Uranus's Largest Moon: Titania
In today's image, we see the largest of the Uranian moons, Titania. Titania show large cliffs likely related to its icy geology possibly involving the freezing and expansion of water.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: [email protected] work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.