20 Space Photos That Are Out of This World
Deadbeat_Dave
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02/05/2022
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It's almost impossible to comprehend the vastness of space, where distance is measured by time itself and the celestial bodies arrange themselves according to forces beyond our imagination. But that doesn't stop us from trying.
Down below is a collection of some of the best images we dug up in recent weeks from one of the galaxy's best subreddits, r/SpaceP-rn, collected from space agencies like NASA, enthusiasts and regular folks like you and I, that reminded us of just how astonishing the universe is.
Down below is a collection of some of the best images we dug up in recent weeks from one of the galaxy's best subreddits, r/SpaceP-rn, collected from space agencies like NASA, enthusiasts and regular folks like you and I, that reminded us of just how astonishing the universe is.
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u/npjprods:
The first simulated image of a black hole, calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978. -
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u/Unusual-Yam-4837:
A little tornado on Mars! -
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u/j0nde:
Bagnold dunes of Mars, captured by curiosity rover. -
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u/HarperFasdter:
Beautiful Scenery of Mars Taken by Opportunity (Endeavour Crater) -
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u/mihir6969:
What a star looks like when it dies -
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u/Omoz_2021:
This is Mimas a moon of Saturn, not the Death Star -
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u/Ballzovsteel:
This is an epic shot of our Moon. -
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u/HarperFasdter:
Earth, as seen from the rings of Saturn (Cassini). -
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u/IQRA_ARIF:
The mountains discovered on Pluto during the New Horizons spacecraft's flyby of the dwarf planet in 2015 are covered by a blanket of methane ice, creating bright deposits strikingly like the snow-capped mountain chains found on Earth. -
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u/j3ffr33d0m:
Earth from Apollo 15 -
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u/dropthatkoni:
Starless Horsehead and Flame Nebula -
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u/LGiovanni67:
The subject of this image is a group of three galaxies, collectively known as NGC 7764A. They were imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, using both its Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).( See comments) -
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u/MrJackDog:
Took 17 hours to photograph this mysterious corner of our galaxy. The faint squid nebula is cradled in the wings of the flying bat nebula around 2300 light years away. The squid is the size of six full moons in the night sky, found in the constellation Cepheus. -
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u/Afraid-Battle-2425:
Hoag’s galaxy( i just love it 2022/1/21 -
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u/Picabuzz:
Howl of Wolf Moon -
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u/MrJackDog:
In the Inuit constellations, mostly named for whale parts and other Arctic necessities, these stars were known as the breastbone. -
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u/Layll318:
Crater on Mars taken by NASA
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The first simulated image of a black hole, calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978.
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