Security Scan Report: apod.nasa.gov

Redirected to: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Submitted: Mar 21, 2026, 7:57:03 AMCompleted: Mar 21, 2026, 7:58:30 AMpubliccompleted
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Summary

This website contacted 3 IPs in 1 country across 3 domains to perform 6 HTTP transactions. The main domain is apod.nasa.gov and was registered NaN years ago.

Submitted URL: https://apod.nasa.gov

Effective URL: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.htmlRedirected

The Cisco Umbrella rank of the primary domain is #14,847 of the top 1 million websites

AI Security Verdict

Safe Website

Confidence: 98%

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Risk Score

Legitimate NASA site providing the Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Safety Factors
Well‑established domain (NASA government site)
No suspicious meta‑tag brand claims
No credential or payment forms
No malicious Indicators of Compromise
Only benign external analytics domains
Domain age information unavailable

Details

Page Title

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Scan Type

public

Language

🇺🇸

English

(60% confidence)

Category

government

(95%)

Domain Information

You're looking at domain 'apod.nasa.gov' on the United States government-restricted top-level domain (.gov); it also runs on subdomain 'apod'. Its registrable label 'nasa' stretches across 4 characters containing two vowels alongside 2 consonants. Splitting it apart reveals one word: nasa. No strong language cues emerged from the frequency lists.

Screenshot

Security scan screenshot of https://apod.nasa.gov

Page Load Overview

1.99s
Total Load Time
8
HTTP Requests
5
Domains
418 KB
Total Size

Language Analysis

Primary Language

🇺🇸English
Code: en
Confidence:60%
Script:Latin
Direction:ltr

Detection Details

Language Code:en
Detection Confidence:60%
Script Type:Latin
Text Length:1,589 chars
Detector Agreement:100%

Website Classification

Primary Category

government95% confidence
Type: static
Method: structural

All Detected Categories

government
95%

Detected Features

No structural features detected

Domain & IP Information

RequestsIP AddressLocationAS Autonomous System
4129.164.179.22United States
AS270National Aeronautics and Space Administration
23.174.46.89United States
2192.0.66.2San Francisco, California, United States
AS2635Automattic, Inc
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Detected Technologies2

Content Similarity HashesFor malware variant detection

TLSH (Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash)

Security-focused

Specialized for malware detection and similarity analysis

T16AA187FF1E88221C839A9757D4C1724DF52301C59248ED99908A6D93EC57FE945322EF

ssdeep (Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing)

Context-aware

Detects similar content even with modifications

96:9Z/FWKM/JOTf5RnSaw42FcwKfgHhCg4ker7xV29Ww70J7mtDUkVdH:9Z/EvJYfXnSa4Sz48BrdV2kw70J7mtDF

sdhash (Similarity Digest Hashing)

High-precision

High-precision similarity detection for forensic analysis

sdhash:3:4655:EhCIMBAACoAgEAAEqFABCApYAcEAQSJCiAiCEoCJREqAAMIAAAAoGAQCCCAAACAAQWECCBQAgDVgiFEhAhIAQTCACEAlAgAc

These hashes enable detection of similar websites and malware variants by comparing content similarity even when exact matches aren't found.

Image Hashes

Perceptual Hashes

Average Hash:ffc3c3c3c3c3c3c3
Perceptual Hash:ac93c6c393c693cc
Difference Hash:0e16160616062707
Wavelet Hash:ffc3838383c3c383
Color Hash:#40bbbf

Other Hashes

Scan History

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