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Jeebo

(2,560 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:25 AM Oct 2025

Where's the Astronomy Picture of the Day?

A new APOD is posted every night at 11 p.m. Central time on the APOD site, and yet, there hasn't been one posted there since October 1. I don't know how much of that is federally funded, and there's also the government shutdown. Has it been hit by budget cuts or the shutdown? I check the APOD site every night and will miss it if it's gone.

— Ron

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210317.html

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Angleae

(4,821 posts)
1. It's NASA, all of which is federally funded. APOD is gone until the funding resumes as it isn't "essential".
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:28 AM
Oct 2025

sl8

(17,147 posts)
2. "Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. We sincerely regret this ..."
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 06:17 AM
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