wonders-of-the-cosmos:

Bright-rimmed, flowing shapes gather near the center of this rich starfield toward the boarders of the nautical southern constellations Pupis and Vela. Composed of interstellar gas and dust, the grouping of light-year sized cometary globules is about 1300 light-years distant.

Image Credit: Subaru Telescope (NAOJ) & DSS;

kldpxl:

Solitude

wonders-of-the-cosmos:

Jupiter seen by NASA’s Voyager spacecraft

Animation taken from video: Jeff Quitney

everythingstarstuff:

Photo from NASA from the ISS

talonabraxas:

Jupiter with moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

failedspacepictures:

gusgrissom:

10 favorite photos from every Apollo mission → Apollo 12 (November 14 – November 24, 1969)

I love the glare off the astronaut in the first photo. I love the smudges on the windows. High quality.

8.5/10

space-pics:

Caldwell 69 by NASA Hubble

space-pics:

Caldwell 45 by NASA Hubble