NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

An inspiring picture of our universe every day, replacing the New Tab in Chrome.
What is NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day?
"NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day" is a Chrome extension that replaces the New Tab in Chrome with a gallery of inspiring images from NASA's APOD API.

Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 5.00 (2)
Version: 1.03 (Last updated: 2020-06-04)
Creation date: 2020-06-04
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Size: 254.98K

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Extension summary

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

User reviews

Perfect! Everytime I open a new tab or open chrome, something related to space is ready for me to witness... Easily 5 stars!!
by Shanvanth Arunmozhi, 2024-05-08

by Damir Makarov, 2024-04-17
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Extension safety

Risk impact

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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