REMARKABLY STUNNING NASA PHOTOS
Added on: 18th Dec 2016
THE SUNFLOWER GALAXY IS ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL COSMIC STRUCTURES IN THE UNIVERSE.
ITS EXPANSIVE, WINDING ARMS ARE MADE UP OF
NEW BLUE-WHITE GIANT STARS
THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE IT, THIS IMAGE
FROM WITHIN THE CARINA NEBULA IS AS REAL
AS CAN BE. THE MOUNTAIN OF GAS AND DUST
STREAMING THREE LIGHT-YEARS HIGH INTO
SPACE IS A HOTBED OF ACTIVITY, DWINDLING
AWAY AS STARS COALESCE WITHIN IT DUE TO
THE COMPRESSION OF NEARBY STARS
ISN'T NEAR-INFRARED LIGHT AMAZING? THIS
NEAR-INFRARED IMAGE OF JUPITER SHOWS THE
DIFFERENT CLOUDS IN ITS ATMOSPHERE,
COLOURED DIFFERENTLY BASED ON THEIR
ALTITUDE. SINCE METHANE GAS LIMITS THE
PENETRATION OF SUNLIGHT, YELLOW AREAS ARE
HIGH CLOUDS; RED, MIDDLE-LEVEL CLOUDS AND
BLUE, LOW CLOUDS. WHAT IS REALLY AMAZING,
THOUGH, ARE JUPITER'S THREE LARGEST MOONS,
IO, GANYMEDE, AND CALLISTO, ALL ECLIPSING
THE PLANET AT THE SAME TIME, AN EVENT THAT
HAPPENS ONLY ABOUT ONCE A DECADE
THE GALAXY I ZWICKY 18 LOOKS MORE A SCENE
FROM THE OPENING SEQUENCE OF DOCTOR WHO
THAN IT DOES A REAL COSMIC BEAUTY. THE
DWARF IRREGULAR GALAXY BAFFLES SCIENTISTS
BECAUSE SOME OF ITS STAR DEVELOPMENT IS
TYPICAL OF GALAXY FORMATION IN THE EARLIEST
DAYS OF THE UNIVERSE; THIS IS DESPITE THE
GALAXY BEING RELATIVELY YOUNG AT AROUND
A BILLION YEARS OLD
THE DIMMEST PLANET WE CAN SEE FROM EARTH
WITH THE NAKED EYE, SATURN IS ROUTINELY
RANKED AS A 10-YEAR-OLD'S FAVOURITE PLANET.
ITS ICONIC RING STRUCTURE IS THE BEST KNOWN
IN OUR UNIVERSE, SHOWN HERE IN INFRARED
RADIATION TO BRING OUT THE DELICATE HUES OF
SATURN'S GASEOUS ATMOSPHERE
OVER 200 IMMENSELY HOT STARS MAKE UP
NEBULA NGC 604. THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
CAPTURED THE BRILLIANT FLUORESCENCE OF
THE NEBULA, CAUSED BY IONIZED HYDROGEN GAS
ASSEMBLED FROM 24 SEPARATE IMAGES, THIS
PHOTO OF THE CRAB NEBULA SHOWS THE
SUPERNOVA REMNANT IN THE TAURUS CONSTELLATION
THE RED ORB AT THE CENTRE OF THIS IMAGE,
THE STAR V838 MON, IS SURROUNDED BY A
HOST OF DUSTY CLOUDS. THIS INCREDIBLE
PHOTO WAS TAKEN AFTER THE BRIGHTENED
STAR CAUSED A LIGHT ECHO, PUSHING THE
DUST OUT INTO THE UNIVERSE LIKE A BIG SNEEZE
ONE OF THE MOST BREATH-TAKING IMAGES OF
THE COSMOS IS FROM THE CARINA NEBULA.
AN INTERSTELLAR CLOUD FILLED WITH DUST
AND IONIZED GASES, THE CARINA NEBULA IS
ONE OF THE LARGEST NEBULA IN OUR SKY
AND ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING, HOSTING
COUNTLESS STAR CLUSTERS AND EVEN THE
BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE MILKY WAY GALAXY
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