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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].

2025 September 15 - Earth During a Powerful Solar Storm

0 secs; September 15, 2025

2025 September 14 - Planets of the Solar System: Tilts and Spins

0 secs; September 14, 2025

2025 September 13 - Star Trails Over One Mile Radio Telescope

0 secs; September 13, 2025

2025 September 12 - Lunar Eclipse in Two Hemispheres

0 secs; September 12, 2025

2025 September 11 - The Umbra of Earth

0 secs; September 11, 2025

2025 September 10 - The Great Lacerta Nebula

0 secs; September 10, 2025

2025 September 09 - Up from the Earth: Gigantic Jet Lightning

0 secs; September 09, 2025

2025 September 08 - IRAS 04302: Butterfly Disk Planet Formation

0 secs; September 08, 2025

2025 September 07 - All the Water on Planet Earth

0 secs; September 07, 2025

2025 September 06 - Sardinia Sunset

0 secs; September 06, 2025

2025 September 05 - 47 Tucanae: Globular Star Cluster

0 secs; September 05, 2025

2025 September 04 - NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge

0 secs; September 04, 2025

2025 September 03 - Cir X-1: Jets in the Africa Nebula

3 mins; September 03, 2025

2025 September 02 - The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas

0 secs; September 02, 2025

2025 September 01 - Callisto: Dirty Battered Iceball

0 secs; September 01, 2025

2025 August 31 - NGC 7027: The Pillow Planetary Nebula

0 secs; August 31, 2025

2025 August 30 - A Two Percent Moon

0 secs; August 30, 2025

2025 August 29 - A Dark Veil in Ophiuchus

0 secs; August 29, 2025

2025 August 28 - Galaxies, Stars, and Dust

0 secs; August 28, 2025

2025 August 27 - WISPIT 2b: Exoplanet Carves Gap in Birth Disk

0 secs; August 27, 2025

2025 August 26 - A Leaky Solar Prominence

0 secs; August 26, 2025

2025 August 25 - The Meteor and the Star Cluster

0 secs; August 25, 2025

2025 August 24 - The Spinning Pulsar of the Crab Nebula

4 mins; August 24, 2025

2025 August 23 - Fishing for the Moon

0 secs; August 23, 2025

2025 August 22 - A Tale of Two Nebulae

0 secs; August 22, 2025

2025 August 21 - Mostly Perseids

0 secs; August 21, 2025

2025 August 20 - Perseid Meteors from Durdle Door

0 secs; August 20, 2025

2025 August 19 - Giant Galaxies in Pavo

0 secs; August 19, 2025

2025 August 18 - NGC 1309: A Useful Spiral Galaxy

4 mins; August 18, 2025

2025 August 16 - Asperitas Clouds over New Zealand

0 secs; August 17, 2025

2025 August 16 - A Cool GIF of a Perseid Meteor

0 secs; August 16, 2025

2025 August 15 - Moonlight, Planets, and Perseids

0 secs; August 15, 2025

2025 August 14 - M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

0 secs; August 14, 2025

2025 August 13 - Trapezium: In the Heart of Orion

0 secs; August 13, 2025

2024 August 12 - Perseids from Perseus

0 secs; August 12, 2025

2025 August 11 - Closest Ever Images Near the Sun

0 secs; August 11, 2025

2025 August 10 - Zodiacal Road

0 secs; August 10, 2025

2025 August 09 - Interstellar Interloper 3I/ATLAS from Hubble

0 secs; August 09, 2025

2025 August 08 - Dawn of the Crab

0 secs; August 08, 2025

2025 August 07 - The Double Cluster in Perseus

0 secs; August 07, 2025

2025 August 06 - Meteor Before Galaxy

0 secs; August 06, 2025

2025 August 05 - NGC 6072: A Complex Planetary Nebula from Webb

3 mins; August 05, 2025

2025 August 04 - Blue Arcs Toward Andromeda

0 secs; August 04, 2025

2025 August 03 - Milky Way and Exploding Meteor

0 secs; August 03, 2025

2025 August 02 - Fireflies, Meteors, and Milky Way

4 mins; August 02, 2025

2025 August 01 - Small Dark Nebula

3 mins; August 01, 2025

2025 July 31 - Supernova 2025rbs in NGC 7331

4 mins; July 31, 2025

2025 July 30 - Coronal Loops in the Sun

0 secs; July 29, 2025

2025 July 29 - A Helix Nebula Deep Field

0 secs; July 29, 2025

2025 July 28 - Collision at Asteroid Dimorphos

0 secs; July 28, 2025

2025 July 27 - Lightning over the Volcano of Water

0 secs; July 27, 2025

2025 July 26 - Globular Cluster Omega Centauri

4 mins; July 26, 2025

2025 July 25 - Twelve Years of Kappa Cygnids

0 secs; July 25, 2025

2025 July 24 - Titan Shadow Transit

0 secs; July 24, 2025

2025 July 23 - Fireball over Cape San Blas

0 secs; July 23, 2025

2025 July 22 - A Double Detonation Supernova

4 mins; July 22, 2025

2025 July 21 - Cat's Paw Nebula from Webb Space telescope

0 secs; July 21, 2025

2025 July 20 - Lunar Nearside

0 secs; July 20, 2025

2025 July 19 - Messier 6

3 mins; July 19, 2025

2025 July 18 - ISS Meets Saturn

0 secs; July 18, 2025

2025 July 16 - 3I/ATLAS

0 secs; July 17, 2025

2025 July 16 - The Rosette Nebula from DECam

0 secs; July 15, 2025

2025 July 15 - Collapse in Hebes Chamsa on Mars

0 secs; July 15, 2025

2025 July 14 - NGC 2685: The Helix Galaxy

0 secs; July 14, 2025

2025 July 13 - Planetary Nebula Mz3: The Ant Nebula

0 secs; July 13, 2025

2025 July 12 - Clouds and the Golden Moon

0 secs; July 12, 2025

2025 July 11 - The Veins of Heaven

0 secs; July 11, 2025

2025 July 10 - Lynds Dark Nebula 1251

4 mins; July 10, 2025

2025 July 09 - A Beautiful Trifid

4 mins; July 09, 2025

2025 July 08 - The Pleiades in Red and Blue

3 mins; July 08, 2025

2025 July 07 - Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

0 secs; July 07, 2025

2025 July 06 - The Spiral North Pole of Mars

0 secs; July 06, 2025

2025 July 05 - Ou4: The Giant Squid Nebula

0 secs; July 05, 2025

2025 July 04 - NGC 6946 and NGC 6939

0 secs; July 04, 2025

2025 July 03 - Nova V462 Lupi Now Visible

0 secs; July 03, 2025

2025 July 02 - Milky Way over Otago Spires

0 secs; July 02, 2025

2025 July 01 - Eye Sky a Dragon

0 secs; July 01, 2025

2025 June 30 - NGC 4651: The Umbrella Galaxy

0 secs; June 30, 2025

2025 June 29 - Dark Sand Cascades on Mars

3 mins; June 29, 2025

2025 June 28 - Lunar Farside

0 secs; June 27, 2025

2025 June 27 - Messier 109

0 secs; June 27, 2025

2025 June 26 - The Seagull Nebula

3 mins; June 26, 2025

2025 June 25 - Rubin's First Look: A Sagittarius Skyscape

0 secs; June 25, 2025

2025 June 24 - In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61

0 secs; June 24, 2025

2025 June 23 - W5: Pillars of Star Formation

0 secs; June 23, 2025

2025 June 22 - A Berry Bowl of Martian Spherules

0 secs; June 22, 2025

2025 June 21 - Two Planets, Two Analemmas

0 secs; June 21, 2025

2025 June 20 - Major Lunar Standstill 2024-2025

0 secs; June 20, 2025

2025 June 19 - NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble

3 mins; June 19, 2025

2025 June 18 - Space Station Silhouette on the Moon

3 mins; June 18, 2025

2025 June 17 - Rosette Nebula Deep Field

4 mins; June 17, 2025

2025 June 16 - APOD is 30 Years Old Today

0 secs; June 16, 2025

2025 June 15 - Two Worlds, One Sun

3 mins; June 15, 2025

2025 June 14 - Meteors and Satellite Trails over the Limay River

0 secs; June 14, 2025

2025 June 13 - Rubin's Galaxy

0 secs; June 13, 2025

2025 June 12 - Solar Eclipse

0 secs; June 12, 2025

2025 June 11 - 25 Brightest Stars in the Night Sky

0 secs; June 11, 2025

2025 June 10 - Enceladus in True Color

4 mins; June 10, 2025

2025 June 09 - Between Scylla & Charybdis

0 secs; June 09, 2025

2025 June 08 - Facing NGC 3344

0 secs; June 08, 2025

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