# Dax In Space

> Shows today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) from NASA as the background to the DuckDuckGo homepage (https://duckduckgo.com). This is an unofficial DuckDuckGo extension. The Dax the Duck logo is used with permission.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/dax-in-space](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dax-in-space)

## Overview

- **ID:** `dax-in-space`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Daniel Davis
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance
- **Daily users:** 4
- **Rating:** 3.75 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-08-04
- **Size:** 54 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dax-in-space/)

## Description

Dax In Space is a Firefox add-on that shows today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) from NASA as the background on DuckDuckGo. It is an unofficial DuckDuckGo extension featuring the Dax the Duck logo with permission.

## Rankings

- #46,502 — Overall
- #205 — space

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://api.nasa.gov/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.duckduckgo.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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