Space Pics

Exploring the wonders of our universe.

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The Hubble Space Telescope was lifted into orbit #onthisday in 1990. Thanks for all the images!

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'Frontier Field' galaxy cluster MACS J0717

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Monkey Head Nebula in the constellation Orion.

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Stunning image of a solar flare, captured by NASA.

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A hotbed of star formation in the Swan Nebula

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Remnant of supernova SN 1006, likely the brightest in human history. It lit up Earth's sky in the year 1006 AD.

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Sombrero Galaxy in the constellation Virgo.

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Stellar jet in the Carina Nebula, imaged by Hubble’s WFC3 detector.

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The Eagle Nebula - a star forming region about 6500 light years from Earth.

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Jupiter's Great Red Spot - a hurricane-like storm three times the size of Earth that has been raging for 400 years.

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'A Snowball in Space' - a huge ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn's moon Enceladus.

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Stephan’s Quintet - a compact group of 5 galaxies, around 300 million light-years away from Earth.

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Star cluster NGC 2074, about 170,000 light-years away in the large Magellanic Cloud.

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The most detailed image ever taken of the Medusa Nebula. (ESO)

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Astronaut Alexander Gerst captured this incredible view of the Aurora Borealis from the International Space Station.

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This colorful bubble is the Little Gem Nebula, 6,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. (ESO/Hubble)

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Space shuttle Atlantis flying over The Bahamas.

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Thousands of sparkling young stars nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603, about 20,000 light-years away.

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The "Black Eye" Galaxy - a big, beautiful spiral galaxy composed of two concentric, counter-rotating systems.

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A sunset from Mars.