NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day icon

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

by Rhys Mills · Art & Design
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

An inspiring picture of our universe every day, replacing the New Tab in Chrome.

Users
431
store count
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
2
total ratings
Store rank
#46K
#39K among extensions
Version
1.4.0
updated 9 Oct 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
1005501,000Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 431 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
012Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 2 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

Replace chrome's New Tab with a gallery of inspiring images from NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day". This is an unofficial project which uses NASA's APOD API. This extension is open source; all code can be seen here: https://github.com/rhystmills/nasa-apod-extension

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
6 months−39−8.3%00.00
1 year−215−33.3%00.00

Version history

2 versions recorded
1.4.09 Oct 2026
1.034 Jun 2020

Details

Category
Art & Design
First seen
4 Jun 2020
Size
249 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
bechhfglhcdjmemhkmincgemjgcbeifa

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 1, likelihood 2
Site access
https://science.nasa.gov/*

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