These podcasts are commentary and discussions of images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
In today's image, we see our Moon as it passes in front of the planet Venus in an occultation which occurred just a week ago.
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In today's image, we see a number of meteors from the recent Tau Hercules meteor shower as seen from the area around some of the telescopes at the Kitt...
In today's image, we see a Space X Falcon 9 rocket as it launches. The timing was perfect to get it silhouetted against the Sun.
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In today's image, we see red crepuscular rays coming from the eclipsed Sun just below the horizon. These rays are an atmospheric effect caused by the...
In today's image, we see an example of a simulation showing the formation of a galaxy cluster. Because the formation of a galaxy cluster takes such...