These podcasts are commentary and discussions of images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
In today's image, we see am image taken by the crew of the Apollo 17 mission in December of 1972. This shows the Earth as a crescent phase and is the...
In today's image, we see meteors from the Eta Aquarid meteor shower from a year ago. While this year's shower was hampered by the bright light of a...
In today's image, we see the dusty debris disk around the star Fomalhaut. This was imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope and we are likely seeing...
In today's image, we see over Milky Way galaxy as well as the Rho Ophiuchi star clouds over the very dark skies of the Egyptian desert.
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In today's image, we see two shadows of Earth. One is the partially eclipsed Moon. The other is Earth's shadow cast on the atmosphere. The Belt of Venus...