From exploding supernovas to the northern lights flickering behind the International Space Station these are 25 incredible pictures of space taken by NASA.
Crab Nebula
This supernova remnant is all that remains of a huge stellar explosion. Observers in China and Japan recorded it nearly 1,000 years ago.
Ring Nebula
In this image visible light observations from the Hubble Telescope are combined with infrared data from ground based observatories. The nebula is about 2,000 light years from Earth and measures about 1 light year across.
Manned Maneuvering Unit
Mission Specialist Bruce McCandless, is seen further away from the ship than any previous astronaut has ever been. This was made possible by the Manned Manuevering Unit or MMU, a nitrogen jet propelled backpack.
Aurora On Saturn
Saturn’s equivalent of the northern and southern lights are strikingly bright and can persists for days on end.
A Coronal Mass Ejection on the Sun
Traveling at 900 miles per second this CME (coronal mass ejection) erupted into space and connected with Earth’s magnetosphere to cause an aurora.
The Black Marble
This composite of images shows Asia at night and was taken by the Suomi NPP satellite 512 miles above the surface of the Earth.
Stellar Genesis
The vibrant magentas and blues in this Hubble image of spiral galaxy M83 show that it is ablaze with star formation.
Supernova in the making
After lighting up the sky in the mid 1800s the binary star system Eta Carinae dimmed until it was totally invisible to the naked eye by the turn of the century. Today we know that the explosion was something just short of a supernova and indicates that in the near future a real supernova may take place.
Sun over the Earth
The sunrise is photographed from the Russian section of the International Space Station.
Carina Nebula
Reminiscent of the famous “Pillars of Creation” photo that the Hubble Telescope took in 1995, this image captures a small portion of one of the largest seen star birth regions int the galaxy.
The Blue Marble
Another picture of Earth taken by Suomi NPP this time the images are taken from light side of the Earth.
Celestial Fireworks
This composite image of visible light, radio, and x-rays shows the full shell of the supernova remnant from SN 1006
Aurora Over Whitehorse, Yukon
This is the aurora caused by the solar flare we saw earlier as seen over Whitehorse, Yukon.
Spacewalk
With his feet secured on a restraint on the space station remote manipulator system’s robotic arm or Canadarm2, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum (frame center) holds the Robotics Refueling Mission payload
Cat's Eye Nebula
One of the first planetary nebulae to be discovered, the cat’s eye has eleven or more concentric rings formed when the star ejected its mass in a series of pulses occurring at 1500 year intervals.
Horsehead Nebula
Ever since its discovery more than a century ago the Horsehead nebula has been a favorite target for both professional and amateur astronomers.
Station Work
Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, uses a pistol grip tool as she works on the International Space Station.
The Transit of Venus
The next time Venus will transit across the face of the sun will be in the year 2117.
Dynamic Earth
This NASA created image shows the Earth’s winds whipping around Earth in a never ending quest to equalize the dispersion of heat.
Picture of a Picture
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, an Expedition 36 flight engineer, uses a 400mm lens on a digital still camera to photograph a target of opportunity on Earth some 250 miles below him
Colliding Galaxies
The Antennae galaxies, located about 62 million light-years from Earth, are shown in this composite image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The collision, which began more than 100 million years ago has triggered the formation of millions of stars.
Aurora Australis
Taken over New Zealand and the Tasman Sea the lights of the Aurora Australis illuminate the sky behind the International Space Station.
Andromeda Galazy
This mosaic of 330 images was taken by the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope aboard NASA’s Swift spacecraft. It is the highest resolution image of hte galaxy ever recorded in ultraviolet.
Disk of Stars
Galaxy NGC 2841 lies 40 million light years from Earth. The whitish stars are middle aged while the blue ones are much younger and typically found in the arms of the galaxy.
Cupola
This picture was taken by one of the Expedition 25 crew members. In it you can see the astronauts in the lit up cupola module of the ISS. The station is flying over Brisbane, Australia.
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25 Incredible Pictures Of Space Taken By NASA
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