Latest Scientific Images

21 images.

• A dark field scattered with thousands of galaxies of many colours; several appear stretched into arcs by gravitational lensing.

  Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723

  Public Domain

  Webb's First Deep Field (SMACS 0723)

  NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

• A glowing, cliff-like edge of orange gas and dust below a starry blue expanse, with newborn stars sparkling throughout.

  Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)

  Public Domain

  Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula

  NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

• A shimmering shell of orange and blue gas expanding around a pair of central stars.

  Southern Ring Nebula (NGC 3132)

  Public Domain

  The Southern Ring Nebula

  NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

• Four interacting galaxies clustered together with a fifth foreground galaxy, amid countless background stars and galaxies.

  Stephan's Quintet (galaxy group)

  Public Domain

  Stephan's Quintet

  NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

• A bright, slightly lumpy orange ring around a dark centre — the shadow of the Milky Way's black hole.

  Sagittarius A* — the Milky Way's central black hole

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  Sagittarius A* — The Milky Way's Black Hole

  Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

• Jupiter in infrared, with glowing polar aurorae, bright cloud bands, and faint rings.

  Jupiter

  Public Domain

  Jupiter (James Webb Space Telescope)

  NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team

• A rocky, rust-coloured Martian plain stretching to low hills under a hazy sky.

  Jezero Crater, Mars

  Public Domain

  Perseverance on Mars — Jezero Crater

  NASA/JPL-Caltech

• A fuzzy bright orange ring of light surrounding a dark central region — the shadow of a black hole.

  M87* — supermassive black hole in Messier 87

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  The First Image of a Black Hole (M87*)

  Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

• Saturn backlit by the Sun, its rings glowing, with a tiny bright point of light that is Earth in the distance.

  Saturn and its rings, with Earth

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  Saturn — The Day the Earth Smiled

  NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

• A tangled, glowing web of orange, yellow, and blue filaments expanding outward from a central region.

  Crab Nebula (Messier 1)

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  The Crab Nebula (M1)

  NASA, ESA, STScI

• A black field densely filled with thousands of galaxies of every size, colour, and shape.

  Hubble Ultra Deep Field

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  The Hubble Ultra Deep Field

  NASA, ESA, and STScI

• An edge-on galaxy with a bright bulging core and a dark, sharply defined dust lane, resembling a wide-brimmed hat.

  Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104)

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  The Sombrero Galaxy (M104)

  NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

• Three towering columns of dark, dense gas and dust silhouetted against glowing greenish nebulosity.

  Eagle Nebula (Messier 16)

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  Pillars of Creation (Hubble, 1995)

  NASA, ESA, STScI

• A grainy image with scattered light bands, in which Earth appears as a single tiny bright dot.

  Earth, from 6 billion km

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  Pale Blue Dot

  NASA/JPL-Caltech

• A dark mosaic of narrow frames, each containing a tiny point of light marking a planet.

  The Solar System, from Voyager 1

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  The Solar System Family Portrait

  NASA/JPL-Caltech

• A fully-lit Earth showing Africa, Antarctica, and swirling white clouds against black space.

  Earth, from Apollo 17

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  The Blue Marble

  NASA / Apollo 17 crew

• The blue-and-white Earth rising above the grey, cratered lunar horizon against black space.

  Earth, from lunar orbit

  Public Domain

  Earthrise

  NASA / William Anders

• The layered slopes of a Martian mountain rising above a boulder-strewn crater floor.

  Gale Crater, Mars

  Public Domain

  Curiosity on Mars — Gale Crater

  NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

• A glowing golden disc of the Sun with bright active regions and looping arcs of plasma.

  The Sun

  Public Domain

  The Sun in Extreme Ultraviolet

  NASA/SDO and the AIA science team

• The bright band of the Milky Way arching over the domes of a mountaintop observatory under a dark sky.

  The Milky Way

  CC BY 4.0

  The Milky Way over Paranal

  ESO

• The International Space Station with its long solar arrays, backlit against Earth's blue limb and black space.

  The International Space Station

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  The International Space Station

  NASA