These podcasts are commentary and discussions of images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
In today's image, we see recently studied jets within the Africa Nebula around the neutron star - the x-ray source of Cir X-1. New studies show that...
In today's image, we see the dark nebula known as the Horsehead nebula off to the right. To the left we see the Flame Nebula and at the top of the image,...
In today's image, we see one of the large moons of Jupiter - Callisto. this is one of the large moons of the solar system, which shows cratering on...
In today's image, we see what is known as the Pillow Planetary Nebula. This type of nebula forms when a star like our Sun reaches the end of its life...
In today's image, we see the very young crescent moon - only 1.5 days old and only 2% of the visible face of the Moon illuminated. This is a waxing...