The 12th annual Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest attracted some truly breathtaking images of space. Run by Royal Observatory Greenwich, contestants can enter their photos into 11 different categories.

Check out the shortlist for the 2020 competition and marvel at the cosmos photos in the running.

Photography: Alexios Theodorov

Photography: Rui Liao

Photography: Elena Pakhalyuk

Photography: Bryony Richards

Photography: Martin Pugh

Photography: Mohammad Sadegh Hayati

Photography: Louise Jones

Photography: Josep Drudis

Photography: Richard Addis

This composite image combines the photographer's best photos of the solar system.

Photography: Vinicius Martins

Photography: Ben Bush

Photography: Elena Pakhalyuk

This image of a total solar eclipse stacks 96 frames together.

Photography: Sebastian Voltmer

Photography: Jay Evans

Photography: Dai Jianfeng

Photography: Mathew Browne

Photography: Martin Pugh