The majestic Lagoon Nebula is filled with hot gas and the home for many young stars. Spanning 100 light years across while lying only about 5000 light years distant, theLagoon Nebula is so big and bright

What creates the colors in Jupiter's clouds? No one is sure. The thick atmosphere of Jupiter is mostly hydrogen and helium, elements which are colorless at the low temperatures of the Jovian cloud tops.

This is a gibbous Moon. More Earthlings are familiar with a full moon, when the entire face of Luna is lit by the Sun, and a crescent moon, when only a sliver of the Moon's face is lit. When more than

Only 11 million light-years away, Centaurus A is the closest active galaxy to planet Earth. Spanning over 60,000 light-years, the peculiar elliptical galaxy also known as NGC 5128, is featured in this

The ghost of a long-dead star, the W63 supernova remnant shines like a faint cosmic smoke-ring along the plane of the Milky Way galaxy toward the northern constellation Cygnus the swan. Its wraithlike

Meteors have been shooting out from the constellation of Orion. This was expected, as October is the time of year for the Orionids Meteor Shower. Pictured here, over two dozen meteors were caught in

Better known as Hind's Crimson Star, R Leporis is a rare star in planet Earth's night sky. It's also a shocking shade of red. The star's discoverer, 19th century English astronomer John Russell Hind, reported

US-based SpaceFund, a venture capital firm focusing on utilizing blockchain technology to fund space startups has announced the development of the world’s first space security token. Accredited investors

A new chapter in space flight began in 1950 with the launch of the first rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida: the Bumper V-2. Featured here, the Bumper V-2 was an ambitious two-stage rocket program that

The best known asterism in northern skies hangs over the Canadian Rockies in this mountain and night skyscape taken last week from Banff National Park. But most remarkable is the amazing greenish airglow.

It's planet Earth seen from the International Space Station through the shimmering glow of aurorae. Aurorae have the signature colors of excited molecules and atoms at the low densities found at extreme

This orange glow appears when solar radiation interacts with molecules in Earth's atmosphere. This photo is captured by one of the International Space Station's external cameras.

This colorful rendition of part of the constellation of Orion comes from red light emitted by hydrogen and sulfur, and blue-green light emitted by oxygen.

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured this image of burning, bubbling star formation in the Cat's Paw Nebula. As gas and dust compress to form stars, the gas around these areas heats up and pressurizes

Brandenburg Gate is Berlin's most famous landmark. A symbol of Berlin and German division during the Cold War, it is now a national symbol of peace and unity.

A simply stunning building, genius in it's design and provides in my opinion, the best views of Berlin. The spiral walkway with the audio experience gives great insight to the building, its history and

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View of old houses hanging from the cliffs, the church of metekhi and mount mtatsminda. 💛

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