These podcasts are commentary and discussions of images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
In today's image, we see an image of the sun. Today is the day of perihelion. This is the day when Earth is closest to the sun in its elliptical orbit.
In today's image, we see a set of two eclipses from this past year. We see a partial lunar eclipse to the left, and an annular solar eclipse to the...
In today's image, we see an analemma of the Sun from images taken in 2024. The figure-8 pattern is due to a combination of the tilt of Earth's axis...
In today's image, we see Alpha Centauri, the triple star system containing the closest star to Earth, known as Proxima Centauri.
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In today's image, we see the disk galaxy known as NGC 4753. This is a twisted disk galaxy, likely due to the interaction with another galaxy.