9 Incredible Space Images
NASA telescopes and astronauts capture breathtaking photos of planets and galaxies every day. Check out nine of the best.
This pair of galaxies is shaped like a penguin and an egg.
These wispy tendrils are part of the Cygnus Loop Nebula, which are hot gas and dust remnants of a supernova.
NASA’s computer-simulated image shows the seven plants that orbit a star called Trappist-1.
In 1993, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft took this breathtaking image of Saturn’s rings.
Astronaut Bill Anders captured this beautiful image of ‘Earthrise’ in 1968.
NASA astronomers discovered the most energetic outflow ever witnessed in the universe. This image shows a black hole devouring matter, causing a hot circle of gas, which then emits intense radiation, thus causing this quasar.
The northern lights appear over the curvature of Earth.
The Earth and the moon appear in partial shadow.
Taken in 1990, this photo is known as the “Pale Blue Dot” and shows Earth as a small speck in the rightmost band of sunlight.
