These podcasts are commentary and discussions of images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
In today's image, we see the Sun setting at the end of a road. This road runs roughly east-west so the Sun will appear to rise and set at the end of...
In today's image, we see an image of Comet Pons-Brooks. The coma is highlighted to show the swirling pattern around it. It is thought this might be...
In today's image, we see galaxies in the process of colliding. The collision will allow large gas clouds to merge and compress, causing star formation...
In today's image, we see the ongoing construction of the ELT - Extremely Large Telescope. This is expected to be completed later this decade and will...
In today's image, we see the galaxy known as NGC 1055. The is a spiral type galaxy as we see it edge-on with the dark dust lane concentrated in the...