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Background imageGalaxy Collection: Surface of the planet Mercury. Creator: NASA

Surface of the planet Mercury. Creator: NASA
Surface of the planet Mercury

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Uranus from Voyager 2, 25 January 1986. Creator: NASA

Uranus from Voyager 2, 25 January 1986. Creator: NASA
Uranus from Voyager 2, 25 January 1986. Farewell shot of crescent Uranus, taken from 600, 000 miles (965, 000 kilometres) away as the unmanned Voyager 2 spacecraft departs

Background imageGalaxy Collection: The Birth of the Milky Way, ca 1637. Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)

The Birth of the Milky Way, ca 1637. Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640)
The Birth of the Milky Way, ca 1637. Found in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid

Background imageGalaxy Collection: 1995 Ford Galaxy

1995 Ford Galaxy in front of blossoming roses

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Two-image mosaic of Saturns Rings, seen from Voyager 1 spacecraft, 1980. Creator: NASA

Two-image mosaic of Saturns Rings, seen from Voyager 1 spacecraft, 1980. Creator: NASA
Two-image mosaic of Saturns Rings, seen from Voyager 1 spacecraft, 1980

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Solar eruption, 10 June 10 1973. Creator: NASA

Solar eruption, 10 June 10 1973. Creator: NASA
Solar eruption, 10 June 10 1973. Spectroheliogram obtained by Skylab 2. Solar flares are giant explosions on the Sun that send energy, light and high speed particles into space

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Dione, one of Saturns moons. Creator: NASA

Dione, one of Saturns moons. Creator: NASA
Dione, one of Saturns moons. View of Dione, showing impact craters

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Colour composite of Jupiter and four moons. Creator: NASA

Colour composite of Jupiter and four moons. Creator: NASA
Colour composite of Jupiter and four moons. There are 79 known moons of the Planet Jupiter

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Jupiter mission: Ganymede from 1. 2 million kilometres. Creator: NASA

Jupiter mission: Ganymede from 1. 2 million kilometres. Creator: NASA
Jupiter mission: Ganymede from 1.2 million kilometres. Ganymede, (Jupiter III), is one of the moons of the planet Jupiter. It is the largest and most massive moon of Jupiter, and in the Solar System

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Saturnian System from Voyager 1, c1980s. Creator: NASA

Saturnian System from Voyager 1, c1980s. Creator: NASA
Saturnian System from Voyager 1, c1980s. The Voyager 1 space probe was launched by NASA on 5 September 1977, 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Saturns rings, range 717, 000 km, seen from Voyager 1 spacecraft. Creator: NASA

Saturns rings, range 717, 000 km, seen from Voyager 1 spacecraft. Creator: NASA
Saturns rings, range 717, 000 km, seen from Voyager 1 spacecraft

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Jupiter from Voyager spacecraft. Creator: NASA

Jupiter from Voyager spacecraft. Creator: NASA
Jupiter from Voyager spacecraft. The purpose of the Voyager programme was to study the outer Solar System

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA

Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA
Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. The Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Comet West near the Sun, 1976. Creator: NASA

Comet West near the Sun, 1976. Creator: NASA
Comet West near the Sun, 1976. Comet West was described as one of the brightest objects to pass through the inner solar system in 1976

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Star cloud in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA

Star cloud in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA
Star cloud in Sagittarius constellation

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA

Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA
Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. The Trifid Nebula, (Messier 20), consists of an open cluster of stars; an emission nebula, a reflection nebula and a dark nebula

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Phobos. Creator: NASA

Phobos. Creator: NASA
Phobos. Phobos is one of the moons of the planet Mars, and has a heavily cratered surface

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Helix Nebula in Aquarius. Creator: NASA

Helix Nebula in Aquarius. Creator: NASA
Helix Nebula in Aquarius. The Helix Nebula is a large planetary nebula, 700 light years from Earth, in the constellation Aquarius

Background imageGalaxy Collection: The planet Saturn with moons Tethys and Dione. Creator: NASA

The planet Saturn with moons Tethys and Dione. Creator: NASA
The planet Saturn with moons Tethys and Dione. View of Saturn showing shadows cast by its rings

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Quasar. Creator: NASA

Quasar. Creator: NASA
Quasar. A quasar is a very bright object in space that is similar to a star and very far away from Earth. A quasar gives off powerful radio waves

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Saturns cloud deck. Creator: NASA

Saturns cloud deck. Creator: NASA
Saturns cloud deck. There are three different layers of clouds, or clouddecks, in Saturns atmosphere

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Comet Ikeye-Seki, 1965. Creator: NASA

Comet Ikeye-Seki, 1965. Creator: NASA
Comet Ikeye-Seki, 1965. Ikeye-Seki, (1965f), was a long-period comet discovered independently by Kaoru Ikeya and Tsutomu Seki

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Saturn from 27 million miles, seen from Voyager 2 spacecraft. Creator: NASA

Saturn from 27 million miles, seen from Voyager 2 spacecraft. Creator: NASA
Saturn from 27 million miles, seen from Voyager 2 spacecraft

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Nebula in Cygnus. Creator: NASA

Nebula in Cygnus. Creator: NASA
Nebula in Cygnus. Cygnus is a constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinised Greek word for swan

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Oberon, moon of Uranus, from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. Creator: NASA

Oberon, moon of Uranus, from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. Creator: NASA
Oberon, moon of Uranus, from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. This image of Oberon is the best the unmanned Voyager 2 spacecraft acquired of Uranus outermost moon

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus, seen from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. Creator: NASA

Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus, seen from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986. Creator: NASA
Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus, seen from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986

Background imageGalaxy Collection: The Sun in H-alpha light. Creator: NASA

The Sun in H-alpha light. Creator: NASA
The Sun in H-alpha light. Sun in the crimson light of hydrogen alpha (h-alpha), a specific deep-red visible spectral line emitted by many emission nebulae

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Uranus seen from Miranda, 1986. Creator: NASA

Uranus seen from Miranda, 1986. Creator: NASA
Uranus seen from Miranda, 1986

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Solar eruption or flare. Creator: NASA

Solar eruption or flare. Creator: NASA
Thermal image of an eruption or flare on the surface of the Sun. Solar flares are giant explosions on the Sun that send energy, light and high speed particles into space

Background imageGalaxy Collection: The rings of Uranus. Creator: NASA

The rings of Uranus. Creator: NASA
The rings of Uranus. The 9 main rings of Uranus are visible here as horizontal lines. The fainter, pastel lines seen between the rings are artifacts of computer enhancement

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Venus. Creator: NASA

Venus. Creator: NASA
Venus. The planet Venus, the second planet from the Sun, has the longest rotation period (243 days) of any planet in the Solar System

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Nebulosity near the star Capella. Creator: NASA

Nebulosity near the star Capella. Creator: NASA
Nebulosity near the star Capella. Capella, (Alpha Aurigae), is the brightest star in the constellation of Auriga

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Mars from Viking 1 orbiter, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA

Mars from Viking 1 orbiter, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA
Mars from Viking 1 orbiter, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. The Viking 1 spacecraft, part of NASAs Viking programme, was the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars and perform its mission

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Mercury. Creator: NASA

Mercury. Creator: NASA
Mercury. Craters on the surface of the planet Mercury which is the smallest planet in our solar system, and the closest planet to the Sun

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Nebulosity and star cluster in Serpens. Creator: NASA

Nebulosity and star cluster in Serpens. Creator: NASA
Nebulosity and star cluster in Serpens. Serpens (from the Latin for serpent) is a constellation of the northern hemisphere

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici. Creator: NASA

Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici. Creator: NASA
Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. Creator: NASA

Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. Creator: NASA
Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. The Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) is about 5, 000 light years from Earth, near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Ring Nebula in Lyra. Creator: NASA

Ring Nebula in Lyra. Creator: NASA
Ring Nebula in Lyra. The Ring Nebula (Messier 57) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Sombrero Galaxy. Creator: NASA

Sombrero Galaxy. Creator: NASA
Sombrero Galaxy. The galaxy gets its name from the unusually large and extended central bulge of stars which make it look like a Mexican hat

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Great Andromeda Galaxy. Creator: NASA

Great Andromeda Galaxy. Creator: NASA
Great Andromeda Galaxy. Andromeda is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 million light-years) from Earth, and is the nearest major galaxy to our own Milky Way Galaxy

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Dumbell Nebula in Vulpecula. Creator: NASA

Dumbell Nebula in Vulpecula. Creator: NASA
Dumbell Nebula in Vulpecula. The Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27), 1, 360 light-years away in the constellation of Vulpecula, was discovered in 1764 by Charles Messier

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Horsehead Nebula in Orion. Creator: NASA

Horsehead Nebula in Orion. Creator: NASA
Horsehead Nebula in Orion. The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula was first recorded in 1888 by Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Crab Nebula in the constallation of Taurus. Creator: NASA

Crab Nebula in the constallation of Taurus. Creator: NASA
Crab Nebula in the constallation of Taurus. The Crab Nebula (Messier 1), a six-light-year-wide remnant of a supernova explosion, was discovered by English astronomer John Bevis in 1731

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Cigar Galaxy in Ursa Major. Creator: NASA

Cigar Galaxy in Ursa Major. Creator: NASA
Cigar Galaxy in Ursa Major. The Cigar Galaxy (Messier 82) is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Black Hole, artists concept. Creator: NASA

Black Hole, artists concept. Creator: NASA
Black Hole, artists concept. A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out. The gravity is so strong because matter has been squeezed into a tiny space

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Night sky with Cygnus constellation. Creator: NASA

Night sky with Cygnus constellation. Creator: NASA
Night sky with Cygnus constellation. Northern constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinised Greek word for swan

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Hercules Globular Cluster. Creator: NASA

Hercules Globular Cluster. Creator: NASA
Hercules Globular Cluster. The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster, (Messier 13) is a cluster of several hundred thousand stars in the constellation of Hercules

Background imageGalaxy Collection: The Milky Way. Creator: NASA

The Milky Way. Creator: NASA
The Milky Way. False colour image of the centre of the Milky Way from data from the IRAS (Infrared Astronomical Satellite). The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Big Joe, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA

Big Joe, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA
Big Joe, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Big Joe, a dark rock on the planet surface, about 2 metres (6.6 feet) long, seen here about 8 meters (26 feet) from the Viking 1 Lander spacecraft

Background imageGalaxy Collection: The Orion Nebula. Creator: NASA

The Orion Nebula. Creator: NASA
The Orion Nebula. The Orion Nebula (Messier 42) is stellar nursery only 1, 500 light-years away, making it the closest large star-forming region to Earth in the constellation of Orion

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Lander and surface of Mars, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA

Lander and surface of Mars, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA
Lander and surface of Mars, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. The Viking 1 spacecraft, part of NASAs Viking programme, was the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars and perform its mission

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Sample scoop and arm, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA

Sample scoop and arm, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA
Sample scoop and arm, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. The Viking 1 spacecraft, part of NASAs Viking programme, was the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars and perform its mission

Background imageGalaxy Collection: First colour photograph of the Martian planet surface, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976

First colour photograph of the Martian planet surface, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Martian sunset, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA

Martian sunset, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA
Martian sunset, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Mars skyline at sunset, pictured from the Viking lander

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Spiral galaxy in Triangulum constellation. Creator: NASA

Spiral galaxy in Triangulum constellation. Creator: NASA
Spiral galaxy in Triangulum constellation

Background imageGalaxy Collection: The Planet Mars. Creator: NASA

The Planet Mars. Creator: NASA
The Planet Mars

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Artists impression of disc star in constellation Cygnus. Creator: NASA

Artists impression of disc star in constellation Cygnus. Creator: NASA
Artists impression of disc star in constellation Cygnus. The Cygnus constellation derives its name from the Latinised Greek word for swan

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Open star cluster, the Pleiades in Taurus. Creator: NASA

Open star cluster, the Pleiades in Taurus. Creator: NASA
Open star cluster, the Pleiades in Taurus. The Pleiades (also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45), are an open star cluster in the constellation of Taurus

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Centre of the Andromeda Galaxy. Creator: NASA

Centre of the Andromeda Galaxy. Creator: NASA
Centre of the Andromeda Galaxy. Andromeda is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 million light-years) from Earth, and is the nearest major galaxy to our own Milky Way Galaxy

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Saturn and its moon Dione, seen from the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Creator: NASA

Saturn and its moon Dione, seen from the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Creator: NASA
Saturn and its moon Dione, seen from the Voyager 2 spacecraft

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Solar prominences. Creator: NASA

Solar prominences. Creator: NASA
Solar prominences. A prominence is a large, bright, gaseous feature extending outward from the Suns surface, often in a loop shape

Background imageGalaxy Collection: The Suns corona. Creator: NASA

The Suns corona. Creator: NASA
The Suns corona. The Suns corona, an aura of plasma, extends millions of kilometres into outer space, and is most easily seen during a total solar eclipse

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Neptune from Voyager 2 spacecraft, c1980s. Creator: NASA

Neptune from Voyager 2 spacecraft, c1980s. Creator: NASA
Neptune from Voyager 2 spacecraft, c1980s. The Voyager 2 space probe was launched by NASA in August 1977. The purpose of the Voyager programme was to study the outer Solar System

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Europa from Voyager 2, 9 July 1979. Creator: NASA

Europa from Voyager 2, 9 July 1979. Creator: NASA
Europa from Voyager 2, 9 July 1979. Europa, one of Jupiters moons, seen from the unmanned Voyager 2 spacecraft

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Milky Way in the Sagittarius region with meteor streak. Creator: NASA

Milky Way in the Sagittarius region with meteor streak. Creator: NASA
Milky Way in the Sagittarius region with meteor streak. The trail of a meteor is seen against the Milky Way galaxy that contains our Solar System. It is part of the Sagittarius constellation

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Clouds in the upper atmosphere of Uranus, from Voyager 2, c1986. Creator: NASA

Clouds in the upper atmosphere of Uranus, from Voyager 2, c1986. Creator: NASA
Clouds in the upper atmosphere of Uranus, from Voyager 2, c1986. Clouds in the upper atmosphere of the planet Uranus, photographed by NASAs Voyager 2 spacecraft

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Uranus from Voyager 2 spacecraft, c1980s. Creator: NASA

Uranus from Voyager 2 spacecraft, c1980s. Creator: NASA
Uranus from Voyager 2 spacecraft, c1980s. Two images - one in true and one in false colour. The unmanned Voyager 2 space probe was launched by NASA in August 1977

Background imageGalaxy Collection: The Needle Galaxy in Coma Berenices. Creator: NASA

The Needle Galaxy in Coma Berenices. Creator: NASA
The Needle Galaxy in Coma Berenices. The Needle Galaxy, an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Aries and the Seven Sisters. Creator: NASA

Aries and the Seven Sisters. Creator: NASA
Aries and the Seven Sisters. The constellation of Aries and the Pleiades (or Seven Sisters) star cluster

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Uranus with satellites Miranda, Ariel and Umbriel, from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986

Uranus with satellites Miranda, Ariel and Umbriel, from Voyager 2, 24 January 1986

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Bright cluster of stars. Creator: NASA

Bright cluster of stars. Creator: NASA
Bright cluster of stars

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Fog -filled craters, Mars. Creator: NASA

Fog -filled craters, Mars. Creator: NASA
Fog -filled craters, Mars. Surface of the planet Mars

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Trench excavated by surface sampler, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA

Trench excavated by surface sampler, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA
Trench excavated by surface sampler, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Martian planet surface, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA

Martian planet surface, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA
Martian planet surface, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. The Viking 1 spacecraft, part of NASAs Viking programme, was the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars and perform its mission

Background imageGalaxy Collection: The Origin of the Milky Way, ca. 1575. Artist: Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594)

The Origin of the Milky Way, ca. 1575. Artist: Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594)
The Origin of the Milky Way, ca. 1575. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Observation of a spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici drawn by Lord Rosse

Observation of a spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici drawn by Lord Rosse, 1850

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Gravitational lens in CL0024+1654 Artist: W Collet

Gravitational lens in CL0024+1654 Artist: W Collet
Gravitational lens in CL0024+1654

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Andromeda Galaxy

Andromeda Galaxy. Infrared image made by IRAS (Infrared Astronomical Satellite)

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Spiral galaxy (M 51) in Canes Venatici, 1910

Spiral galaxy (M 51) in Canes Venatici, 1910. Photograph taken at Mount Wilson Observatory, California, USA

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Infra-red view of constellation of Orion

Infra-red view of constellation of Orion. CREDIT: NASA

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Spiral galaxy viewed edge on

Spiral galaxy viewed edge on. Photograph. CREDIT: US Naval Observatory

Background imageGalaxy Collection: Spiral Galaxy M81 in constallation of Ursa Minor

Spiral Galaxy M81 in constallation of Ursa Minor. This galaxy about is 12 million light years from Earth. Photograph. CREDIT: NASA



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