These podcasts are commentary and discussions of images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
In today's image, we see our Sun imaged on January 4 which was the time of perihelion. Perihelion is the time in an orbit when an object (in this case,...
In today's image, we see the young star cluster known as NGC 346 which is located in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of our own...
In today's image, we see a region in the constellation of Perseus in which stars are currently forming. We see a young cluster of stars and a good amount...
In today's image, we see an aurora over Iceland. The aurora are caused when charged particles from our Sun strike Earth's magnetic field and are funneled...
In today's image, we see the Cone Nebula, also known as NGC 2264. This is an example of a star forming region. The Cone Nebula is being shaped and sculpted...