These podcasts are commentary and discussions of images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
In today's image, we see the Prawn Nebula. This is an example of an emission nebula where gas is excited by ultraviolet radiation from hot, young stars...
In today's image, we see the star forming region known as the Eagle Nebula with great finger-like formations pointing toward the newly formed cluster...
In today's image, we see the trail of a meteor in the sky. A meteor is a small bit of material in space, often left behind by a comet which strikes...
In today's image, we see the Antikythera Mechanism. This is believed to be one of the earliest analog computers, dating back 2000 years with the ability...
In today's image, we see an image of Neil Armstrong on the surface of the Moon. It is a selfie since the image was taken by Armstrong himself. It is...