The Little-known Nebula IRAS 05437+2502 Billows Out Among The Bright Stars And Dark Dust Clouds That

Located about 27 million light years away lies Messier 63, better known as the Sunflower Galaxy due to its glowing yellow center. For galaxies like Messier 63 the winding arms shine bright because of the presence of recently formed, blue–white giant stars, readily seen in this Hubble image. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA)

Saturn’s Moon Mimas

Callisto, Jupiter’s heavily-cratered Galilean moon that’s around 99% as large as Mercury but only a third as massive, bears a striking resemblance to that planet.

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The planet Saturn, brought to you by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Photographer Luc Jamet recently won astronomy photographer of the year for this gorgeous and eerie image of the total solar eclipse seen from the Norwegian territory of Svalbard on March 20, 2015.

NASA’s Most Shocking Image

This image is a 1.5… *BILLION* pixel photograph of the Andromeda Galaxy.

To view the image in all its glory go here.

NASA is the coolest thing that’s ever happened.

NASA astronaut films lightning from ISS

Astronaut Reid Wiseman posted a Vine from the International Space Station today showing lightning over Houston. Tornado warnings were issued in the Houston area earlier this afternoon but have since expired.

Saturn and its moons

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

new photos of jupiter from the juno spacecraft | (good to know that van gogh had a say in how jupiter was designed)

NASA has released new images of Jupiter, taken by the Juno Spacecraft.