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Astronomy Picture of the Day API
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Astronomy Picture of the Day API is a paid API for AI agents from x402.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).
Returns NASA's featured astronomy image or video for a given date, including title, explanation, media type, and full-resolution URL as structured JSON
Price / call$0.002
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How this service works
Astronomy picture of the day API: one featured space image or video per day — title, plain-language explanation, media type, and full-resolution URL — as structured JSON. Defaults to today's picture; pass an optional date (YYYY-MM-DD) for any day back to mid-1995. Use for daily-digest bots, content-scheduling agents, and space-education or novelty feeds. Cached 1 hour.
Output
A JSON object containing the title of the featured picture, a plain-language explanation, the media type (image or video), and the full-resolution URL for the requested date (defaulting to today if no date is provided).
Example use cases
Example prompt
“Can you pull up the NASA astronomy picture of the day for July 20, 1969 — give me the title, the explanation, and the full-resolution image URL?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://x402.forgemesh.io/astronomy-picture-of-dayWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need structured, daily-granularity NASA astronomy content including the featured image or video URL, title, and plain-language explanation — ideal for daily digest bots, content schedulers, space-education feeds, or novelty apps needing historical APOD data back to 1995.
Side effects
- Invalid date format returns an error (must be YYYY-MM-DD)
- Dates before mid-1995 are out of range and will return no result
- Future dates beyond today are unsupported
- Network or upstream NASA API unavailability may return a 5xx error
- Payment failure (x402) prevents access to the endpoint
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | string | Date to fetch, YYYY-MM-DD. Omit for today's picture. |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"data": {
"url": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2607/ngc300_1024.jpg",
"date": "2026-07-16",
"hdurl": "https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2607/ngc300.jpg",
"title": "NGC 300: A Cosmic Gemstone with Stars and Gas Clouds",
"media_type": "image",
"explanation": "This sparkling, colorful gemstone is a spiral galaxy, NGC 300..."
},
"attribution": "NASA APOD (public domain)"
}
}Tags
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