These podcasts are commentary and discussions of images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
In today's image, we see the path of two upcoming eclipses across the United Stated. In October of 2023, there will be an annular eclipse whose path...
In today's image, we see an example of ELVES lighting. This is an upper atmospheric lightning which may occur when electrons from a discharge lower...
In today's image, we see the planetary nebula known as the Butterfly Nebula. The is the end state of most stars, including our own Sun. The inner layers...
In today's image, we see images of Mars as it was going through its retrograde motion in 2022-2023. This motion occurs when Earth overtakes Mars in...
In today's image, we see the Hamburger Galaxy. This is an edge-on spiral galaxy so we do not see the spiral arms, but do see the telltale signs of star...