Astronomy Picture of the Day
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
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A Solar Eruption from SDO (APOD: 2026 Jan 13) Video Credit: NASA, SDO, AIA, Helioviewer; Processing & Text: Ogetay Kayali (MTU) https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260113.html Explanation: What just leapt from the Sun? A towering structure of solar plasma suddenly rose from the Sun's surface and unfurled into space -- a structure so large that many Earths would easily fit within it-- marking the onset of a dramatic Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). The event was captured in striking detail in late 2024 by N
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A Solar Eruption from SDO (APOD: 2026 Jan 13) Video Credit: NASA, SDO, AIA, Helioviewer; Processing & Text: Ogetay Kayali (MTU) https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260113.html Explanation: What just leapt from the Sun? A towering structure of solar plasma suddenly rose from the Sun's surface and unfurled into space -- a structure so large that many Earths would easily fit within it-- marking the onset of a dramatic Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). The event was captured in striking detail in late 2024 by N
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Planet Earth at Night II (APOD: 2023 Jun 17) Video Credit: NASA, Gateway to Astronaut Photography, ISS Expedition 53; Music: The Low Seas (The 126ers) https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230617.html Explanation: Recorded during 2017, timelapse sequences from the International Space Station are compiled in this serene video of planet Earth at Night. Fans of low Earth orbit can start by enjoying the view as green and red aurora borealis slather up the sky. The night scene tracks from northwest to southea
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Planet Earth at Night II (APOD: 2023 Jun 17) Video Credit: NASA, Gateway to Astronaut Photography, ISS Expedition 53; Music: The Low Seas (The 126ers) https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230617.html Explanation: Recorded during 2017, timelapse sequences from the International Space Station are compiled in this serene video of planet Earth at Night. Fans of low Earth orbit can start by enjoying the view as green and red aurora borealis slather up the sky. The night scene tracks from northwest to southea
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Planets of the Solar System: Tilts and Spins (APOD: 2025 Sep 14) Video Credit: NASA, Animation: James O'Donoghue (U. Reading) https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250914.html Explanation: How does your favorite planet spin? Does it spin rapidly around a nearly vertical axis, or horizontally, or backwards? The featured video animates NASA images of all eight planets in our Solar System to show them spinning side-by-side for an easy comparison. In the time-lapse video, a day on Earth -- one Earth rotation
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Planets of the Solar System: Tilts and Spins (APOD: 2025 Sep 14) Video Credit: NASA, Animation: James O'Donoghue (U. Reading) https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250914.html Explanation: How does your favorite planet spin? Does it spin rapidly around a nearly vertical axis, or horizontally, or backwards? The featured video animates NASA images of all eight planets in our Solar System to show them spinning side-by-side for an easy comparison. In the time-lapse video, a day on Earth -- one Earth rotation
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The term APOD stands for Astronomy Picture of the Day, a popular website provided by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and Michigan Technological University (MTU). 🌌 APOD Overview • Daily Feature: Each day, APOD features a different image or photograph of the universe, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer (Robert J. Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell). • Content: The images showcase captivating phenomena from the cosmos, ranging from distant galaxies an
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The term APOD stands for Astronomy Picture of the Day, a popular website provided by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and Michigan Technological University (MTU). 🌌 APOD Overview • Daily Feature: Each day, APOD features a different image or photograph of the universe, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer (Robert J. Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell). • Content: The images showcase captivating phenomena from the cosmos, ranging from distant galaxies an
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The Moon During a Total Lunar Eclipse (APOD: 2026 Mar 01) Video Credit: Wang Letian & Zhang Jiajie https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260301.html Explanation: How does the Moon's appearance change during a total lunar eclipse? The featured time-lapse video was digitally processed to keep the Moon bright and centered during the 5-hour eclipse of 2018 January 31. At first the full moon is visible because only a full moon can undergo a lunar eclipse. Stars move by in the background because the Moon orbit
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The Moon During a Total Lunar Eclipse (APOD: 2026 Mar 01) Video Credit: Wang Letian & Zhang Jiajie https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260301.html Explanation: How does the Moon's appearance change during a total lunar eclipse? The featured time-lapse video was digitally processed to keep the Moon bright and centered during the 5-hour eclipse of 2018 January 31. At first the full moon is visible because only a full moon can undergo a lunar eclipse. Stars move by in the background because the Moon orbit
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Flying over the North Pole of Mars (APOD: 2026 Mar 03) Video Credit: ESA, Mars Express, VMC; Processing & License: Simeon Schmauß https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260303.html Explanation: If you could fly over the North Pole of Mars, what would you see? Images from ESA’s Mars Express mission in 2019 were compiled into the featured video which shows just such a trip. First you see below you a landscape tinted orange by rusted iron in the fine soil, with some land appearing darker due to exposed rock.
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Flying Over the Earth at Night (APOD: 2025 Dec 08) Video Credit: Gateway to Astronaut Photography, NASA ; Compilation: David Peterson (YouTube); Music: Freedom Fighters (Two Steps from Hell) https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251208.html Explanation: Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. Such visual spectacles occur every day for astronauts in low Earth orbit, but the featured video captured several from the International Space Station (ISS) in 2011 and set them to rousing musi
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APOD: Jupiter's Magnetic Field from Juno (2020 Feb 25) Video Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Harvard U., K. Moore et al. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200225.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N7nRh5v1Iw Repost with active video Explanation: How similar is Jupiter's magnetic field to Earth's? NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft has found that Jupiter's magnetic field is surprisingly complex, so that the Jovian world does not have single magnetic poles like our Earth. A snapshot of Jupiter's magnetic fie
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APOD: Moon Phases 2022 (2022 Feb 01) Video Credit: Data: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter; Animation: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio; Music: Build the Future (Universal Production Music), Alexander Hitchens https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220201.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Xky6tlFyY Repost with active video Explanation: What will the Moon phase be on your birthday this year? It is hard to predict because the Moon's appearance changes nightly. As the Moon orbits the Earth, the half il
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APOD: Solar System Ball Drop (2021 Aug 25) Video Credit & Copyright: James O'Donoghue (JAXA) & Rami Mandow (Space Australia); Text: James O'Donoghue https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210825.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHhQrplIm8g Repost with active video Explanation: Does a ball drop faster on Earth, Jupiter, or Uranus? The featured animation shows a ball dropping from one kilometer high toward the surfaces of famous solar system bodies, assuming no air resistance. The force of gravity depen
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APOD: Video: Powers of Ten (2022 Dec 04) Video Credit & Copyright: Charles & Ray Eames (Eames Office) https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221204.html Explanation: How different does the universe look on very small scales? On very large scales? The most famous short science film of its generation gives breathtaking comparisons. That film, Powers of Ten, originally created in the 1960s, has been officially posted to YouTube and embedded here. From a picnic blanket near Chicago out past the Virgo Cluster
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