{"version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "Astronomy Picture of the Day [ko]", "feed_url": "https://apod.nasa.gov/", "home_page_url": "56", "description": "Astronomy Picture of the Day", "icon": null, "favicon": null, "authors": [{"name": "Unknown", "url": null, "avatar": null}], "language": "en", "expired": null, "hub": null, "items": [{"id": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260604.html", "url": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260604.html", "external_url": null, "title": "A Planetary Nebula with Cosmic Buckyballs", "content_text": "", "content_html": "\"A
Explanation: \n\n What is happening inside this unusual nebula?\n\n Planetary nebula Tc 1, captured here in exquisite detail by the James Webb Space Telescope, is the celestial site where buckyballs were first identified in 2010.\n \n Buckminsterfullerene \u2014 as buckyballs are officially called \u2014 is a molecule with 60 carbon atoms (C60) arranged in the shape of a soccer ball.\n\n The molecule is named for architect Buckminster Fuller because of its resemblance to the geodesic dome he helped popularize.\n\n Webb\u2019s new data reveal where the C60 molecules live in this nebula, and the geometry is striking: they populate a thin spherical shell around the central star, visible here as the bright edge of the nebula\u2019s glowing orange central region.\n\n Look closely near the nebula\u2019s heart and a more perplexing feature emerges: a delicate structure shaped uncannily like an upside-down question mark, fitting punctuation for the many questions this nebula still poses.", "summary": "\"A
Explanation: \n\n What is happening inside this unusual nebula?\n\n Planetary nebula Tc 1, captured here in exquisite detail by the James Webb Space Telescope, is the celestial site where buckyballs were first identified in 2010.\n \n Buckminsterfullerene \u2014 as buckyballs are officially called \u2014 is a molecule with 60 carbon atoms (C60) arranged in the shape of a soccer ball.\n\n The molecule is named for architect Buckminster Fuller because of its resemblance to the geodesic dome he helped popularize.\n\n Webb\u2019s new data reveal where the C60 molecules live in this nebula, and the geometry is striking: they populate a thin spherical shell around the central star, visible here as the bright edge of the nebula\u2019s glowing orange central region.\n\n Look closely near the nebula\u2019s heart and a more perplexing feature emerges: a delicate structure shaped uncannily like an upside-down question mark, fitting punctuation for the many questions this nebula still poses.", "image": null, "banner_image": null, "date_published": "2026-06-04T03:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-06-04T03:00:00Z", "authors": ["Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)"], "tags": [], "language": null, "attachments": ["\n {\"url\": string, \n 'mime_type': string, \n 'title': strinrg,\n 'size_in_bytes': int,\n 'duration_in_seconds': int\n "]}, {"id": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260603.html", "url": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260603.html", "external_url": null, "title": "Andromeda Through Gas and Dust", "content_text": "", "content_html": "\"Wispy
Explanation: \nOver 1000 years ago, Persian astronomer \nAbd al-Rahman al-Sufi \npublished humanity\u2019s oldest known record of \nthe Andromeda Galaxy \nin \"The Book of Fixed Stars\" \n(Bodleian Library MS. Marsh 144 p. 167). \n800 years later, Andromeda became \nthe 31st entry \nin Charles Messier\u2019s \n\"Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters\". \nFrom \u201ca small cloud\u201d to \u201cnebula\u201d and now known to be \nour nearest major galaxy, \nAndromeda has remained a fundamental astronomical object. \nToday\u2019s image, \ntaken over 202 hours, shows how far we have come in our ability to observe our neighbor. \nThe diffuse red and blue clouds \nare mostly foreground ionized hydrogen and oxygen well within our \nMilky Way. \nPink-red clouds of hydrogen \nionized \nby the energetic light of young stars trace the galaxy\u2019s \ndusty spiral arms. \nM32 and \nM110 \nare \nsatellite galaxies \npictured orbiting the larger Andromeda. Despite its long history of observation through ancient unaided eyes to modern telescopes, Andromeda still holds countless secrets that \nastronomers will continue to search for, including how galaxies \nmerge and evolve, \nas well as the nature of the \ndark matter \nthat galaxies reside in.", "summary": "\"Wispy
Explanation: \nOver 1000 years ago, Persian astronomer \nAbd al-Rahman al-Sufi \npublished humanity\u2019s oldest known record of \nthe Andromeda Galaxy \nin \"The Book of Fixed Stars\" \n(Bodleian Library MS. Marsh 144 p. 167). \n800 years later, Andromeda became \nthe 31st entry \nin Charles Messier\u2019s \n\"Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters\". \nFrom \u201ca small cloud\u201d to \u201cnebula\u201d and now known to be \nour nearest major galaxy, \nAndromeda has remained a fundamental astronomical object. \nToday\u2019s image, \ntaken over 202 hours, shows how far we have come in our ability to observe our neighbor. \nThe diffuse red and blue clouds \nare mostly foreground ionized hydrogen and oxygen well within our \nMilky Way. \nPink-red clouds of hydrogen \nionized \nby the energetic light of young stars trace the galaxy\u2019s \ndusty spiral arms. \nM32 and \nM110 \nare \nsatellite galaxies \npictured orbiting the larger Andromeda. Despite its long history of observation through ancient unaided eyes to modern telescopes, Andromeda still holds countless secrets that \nastronomers will continue to search for, including how galaxies \nmerge and evolve, \nas well as the nature of the \ndark matter \nthat galaxies reside in.", "image": null, "banner_image": null, "date_published": "2026-06-03T03:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-06-03T03:00:00Z", "authors": ["Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)"], "tags": [], "language": null, "attachments": ["\n {\"url\": string, \n 'mime_type': string, \n 'title': strinrg,\n 'size_in_bytes': int,\n 'duration_in_seconds': int\n "]}, {"id": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260602.html", "url": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260602.html", "external_url": null, "title": "The Vela Supernova Remnant", "content_text": "", "content_html": "\"The
Explanation: \nThe explosion is over, but the consequences continue. \n\nAbout twelve thousand years ago, a relatively normal star in the constellation \nVela suddenly \nexploded, \ncreating a strange point of light briefly visible to \nhumans living near the beginning of \nrecorded history. \n\nThe outer layers of the star crashed into the \ninterstellar medium, driving a \nshock wave that is still visible today. \n\nThe \nfeatured image,\ntaken piecemeal over 60 hours from the \nKhomas Region of \nNamibia, \ncaptures some of that filamentary and gigantic shock in \nvisible light, with details highlighted by \nhydrogen (red) and \noxygen (blue) emissions.\n\nAs gas flies away from the detonated star, it \ndecays and reacts with the \ninterstellar medium, \nproducing light in many different colors and energy bands.\n\nRemaining at the center of the \nVela Supernova Remnant is a \npulsar, a star as dense as nuclear matter that \nspins around \nmore than ten times in a single second.", "summary": "\"The
Explanation: \nThe explosion is over, but the consequences continue. \n\nAbout twelve thousand years ago, a relatively normal star in the constellation \nVela suddenly \nexploded, \ncreating a strange point of light briefly visible to \nhumans living near the beginning of \nrecorded history. \n\nThe outer layers of the star crashed into the \ninterstellar medium, driving a \nshock wave that is still visible today. \n\nThe \nfeatured image,\ntaken piecemeal over 60 hours from the \nKhomas Region of \nNamibia, \ncaptures some of that filamentary and gigantic shock in \nvisible light, with details highlighted by \nhydrogen (red) and \noxygen (blue) emissions.\n\nAs gas flies away from the detonated star, it \ndecays and reacts with the \ninterstellar medium, \nproducing light in many different colors and energy bands.\n\nRemaining at the center of the \nVela Supernova Remnant is a \npulsar, a star as dense as nuclear matter that \nspins around \nmore than ten times in a single second.", "image": null, "banner_image": null, "date_published": "2026-06-02T03:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-06-02T03:00:00Z", "authors": ["Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)"], "tags": [], "language": null, "attachments": ["\n {\"url\": string, \n 'mime_type': string, \n 'title': strinrg,\n 'size_in_bytes': int,\n 'duration_in_seconds': int\n "]}, {"id": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260601.html", "url": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260601.html", "external_url": null, "title": "Saturn at Night", "content_text": "", "content_html": "\"See
Explanation: \n\nTelescopic views of Saturn and its beautiful rings\noften make it the star of\nstar\nparties.\n\nBut this stunning view of the outer gas gaint planet's rings and night side\njust isn't possible from telescopes in the vicinity of planet Earth.\n\nPeering out from the inner Solar System they can only bring\nSaturn's day side into view.\n\nIn fact, this image of Saturn's slender sunlit crescent\nwith the planet's night shadow cast across its broad and complex ring system\nwas captured by the robot spacecraft Cassini.\n\nAfter a seven year long journey from planet Earth,\nCassini called Saturn orbit home for 13 years (from 2004 - 2017)\nbefore it was directed to dive into the atmosphere of the gas giant on\nSeptember 15, 2017.\n\nThis\nmagnificent mosaic\nis composed of frames recorded\nby Cassini's\nwide-angle camera only two days before its\ngrand final plunge.\n\nAnd Saturn's night will not be seen again until\nanother spaceship\nfrom Earth calls.", "summary": "\"See
Explanation: \n\nTelescopic views of Saturn and its beautiful rings\noften make it the star of\nstar\nparties.\n\nBut this stunning view of the outer gas gaint planet's rings and night side\njust isn't possible from telescopes in the vicinity of planet Earth.\n\nPeering out from the inner Solar System they can only bring\nSaturn's day side into view.\n\nIn fact, this image of Saturn's slender sunlit crescent\nwith the planet's night shadow cast across its broad and complex ring system\nwas captured by the robot spacecraft Cassini.\n\nAfter a seven year long journey from planet Earth,\nCassini called Saturn orbit home for 13 years (from 2004 - 2017)\nbefore it was directed to dive into the atmosphere of the gas giant on\nSeptember 15, 2017.\n\nThis\nmagnificent mosaic\nis composed of frames recorded\nby Cassini's\nwide-angle camera only two days before its\ngrand final plunge.\n\nAnd Saturn's night will not be seen again until\nanother spaceship\nfrom Earth calls.", "image": null, "banner_image": null, "date_published": "2026-06-01T03:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-06-01T03:00:00Z", "authors": ["Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)"], "tags": [], "language": null, "attachments": ["\n {\"url\": string, \n 'mime_type': string, \n 'title': strinrg,\n 'size_in_bytes': int,\n 'duration_in_seconds': int\n "]}, {"id": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260531.html", "url": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260531.html", "external_url": null, "title": "Eagle Nebula Pillars in Infrared from Hubble", "content_text": "", "content_html": "\"A
Explanation: \nNewborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. \n\nThey are gravitationally contracting in \npillars of dense gas and dust. \n\nThe intense radiation of these newly-formed bright stars \nis causing surrounding material to boil away.\n\nThis image, \ntaken with the Hubble Space Telescope in near \ninfrared light, \nallows the viewer to \nsee through much of the thick dust that makes the pillars opaque in \nvisible light. \n\nThe giant structures are \nlight years in length and dubbed informally the Pillars of Creation. \n\nAssociated with the \nopen star cluster \nM16, \nthe Eagle Nebula lies about 6,500 \nlight years away. \n\nThe \nEagle Nebula is a satisfying target \nfor small telescopes in a nebula-rich part of the sky toward the \nsplit constellation \nSerpens Cauda \n(the tail of the snake).", "summary": "\"A
Explanation: \nNewborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. \n\nThey are gravitationally contracting in \npillars of dense gas and dust. \n\nThe intense radiation of these newly-formed bright stars \nis causing surrounding material to boil away.\n\nThis image, \ntaken with the Hubble Space Telescope in near \ninfrared light, \nallows the viewer to \nsee through much of the thick dust that makes the pillars opaque in \nvisible light. \n\nThe giant structures are \nlight years in length and dubbed informally the Pillars of Creation. \n\nAssociated with the \nopen star cluster \nM16, \nthe Eagle Nebula lies about 6,500 \nlight years away. \n\nThe \nEagle Nebula is a satisfying target \nfor small telescopes in a nebula-rich part of the sky toward the \nsplit constellation \nSerpens Cauda \n(the tail of the snake).", "image": null, "banner_image": null, "date_published": "2026-05-31T03:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-05-31T03:00:00Z", "authors": ["Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)"], "tags": [], "language": null, "attachments": ["\n {\"url\": string, \n 'mime_type': string, \n 'title': strinrg,\n 'size_in_bytes': int,\n 'duration_in_seconds': int\n "]}, {"id": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260530.html", "url": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260530.html", "external_url": null, "title": "Supermoon Versus Micromoon", "content_text": "", "content_html": "\"Two
Explanation: \nWhat is so micro about tonight's blue micromoon? \n\nJust after sunset, a \nfull moon will appear \nslightly smaller and dimmer than usual. \n\nThe reason is that the \nMoon's fully illuminated phase \noccurs within a short time of \napogee - \nwhen the Moon \nis farthest from \nthe Earth in its \nelliptical orbit. \n\nIn fact, tonight's micromoon will be the \nfarthest, smallest, and dimmest Moon this year. \n\nBut tonight's micromoon is notable for yet another reason: it is also a \nblue moon, meaning that it is the second \nfull moon in the same month \n(moon-th). \n\nPictured here, \na supermoon -- \nwhen the full moon appears near its largest -- is compared to a micromoon as photographed from \nKolkata, \nIndia \nin May and December of 2021. \n\nAlthough the next micromoon occurs next month, and the \nnext blue moon at the end of 2028, the next blue micromoon will not occur \nuntil 2053.", "summary": "\"Two
Explanation: \nWhat is so micro about tonight's blue micromoon? \n\nJust after sunset, a \nfull moon will appear \nslightly smaller and dimmer than usual. \n\nThe reason is that the \nMoon's fully illuminated phase \noccurs within a short time of \napogee - \nwhen the Moon \nis farthest from \nthe Earth in its \nelliptical orbit. \n\nIn fact, tonight's micromoon will be the \nfarthest, smallest, and dimmest Moon this year. \n\nBut tonight's micromoon is notable for yet another reason: it is also a \nblue moon, meaning that it is the second \nfull moon in the same month \n(moon-th). \n\nPictured here, \na supermoon -- \nwhen the full moon appears near its largest -- is compared to a micromoon as photographed from \nKolkata, \nIndia \nin May and December of 2021. \n\nAlthough the next micromoon occurs next month, and the \nnext blue moon at the end of 2028, the next blue micromoon will not occur \nuntil 2053.", "image": null, "banner_image": null, "date_published": "2026-05-30T03:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-05-30T03:00:00Z", "authors": ["Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)"], "tags": [], "language": null, "attachments": ["\n {\"url\": string, \n 'mime_type': string, \n 'title': strinrg,\n 'size_in_bytes': int,\n 'duration_in_seconds': int\n "]}, {"id": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260529.html", "url": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260529.html", "external_url": null, "title": "Messier 104", "content_text": "", "content_html": "\"See
Explanation: \n\nA gorgeous spiral galaxy,\nMessier 104 is famous\nfor its nearly edge-on\nprofile featuring a broad ring of obscuring dust lanes.\n\nSeen in silhouette against an extensive central bulge of stars,\nthe swath of cosmic dust lends a\nbroad brimmed hat-like appearance to the galaxy suggesting\na more popular moniker, the Sombrero Galaxy.\n\nAlso known as NGC 4594, the Sombrero galaxy can be seen\nacross the spectrum and\nis host to a central\nsupermassive black hole.\n\nAbout 50,000 light-years across and 28 million light-years away,\nM104 is one of the\nlargest galaxies at the southern edge of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster.\n\nStill, the spiky foreground stars in this field of view\nlie well within our own Milky Way.\n\nThis broad\nview of the well-known galaxy was processed to reveal M104's\nextended halo, as well as a faint\ntidal stellar stream.\n\nIt was captured by the \nDark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Blanco 4-meter telescope\nat the Cerro Tololo\nInter-American Observatory.", "summary": "\"See
Explanation: \n\nA gorgeous spiral galaxy,\nMessier 104 is famous\nfor its nearly edge-on\nprofile featuring a broad ring of obscuring dust lanes.\n\nSeen in silhouette against an extensive central bulge of stars,\nthe swath of cosmic dust lends a\nbroad brimmed hat-like appearance to the galaxy suggesting\na more popular moniker, the Sombrero Galaxy.\n\nAlso known as NGC 4594, the Sombrero galaxy can be seen\nacross the spectrum and\nis host to a central\nsupermassive black hole.\n\nAbout 50,000 light-years across and 28 million light-years away,\nM104 is one of the\nlargest galaxies at the southern edge of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster.\n\nStill, the spiky foreground stars in this field of view\nlie well within our own Milky Way.\n\nThis broad\nview of the well-known galaxy was processed to reveal M104's\nextended halo, as well as a faint\ntidal stellar stream.\n\nIt was captured by the \nDark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Blanco 4-meter telescope\nat the Cerro Tololo\nInter-American Observatory.", "image": null, "banner_image": null, "date_published": "2026-05-29T03:00:00Z", "date_modified": "2026-05-29T03:00:00Z", "authors": ["Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)"], "tags": [], "language": null, "attachments": ["\n {\"url\": string, \n 'mime_type': string, \n 'title': strinrg,\n 'size_in_bytes': int,\n 'duration_in_seconds': int\n "]}]}