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Gallery – Dione and friends

Gallery – Dione and friends

Dione, Saturn’s second densest moon, coasts in orbit past the planets rings.

Gallery – Saturn’s four moon shuffle

Gallery – Saturn’s four moon shuffle

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft snaps four moons in the one image.

Ancient supernova seen in a new light

Ancient supernova seen in a new light

Stellar explosion seen almost 2,000 years ago was the result of an overloaded star.

Moon sinks into the gloom

Moon sinks into the gloom

Astronaut’s view of the Moon sinking below Earth’s horizon.

Rare view of Earth and Moon

Rare view of Earth and Moon

Jupiter-bound spacecraft looks back at its home world and its nearest neighbour.

Seeing Earth’s night-lights

Seeing Earth’s night-lights

Visions of our planet from orbit, showing cities glowing with light.

Journey to the Centre of the Galaxy

Journey to the Centre of the Galaxy

Zoom through interstellar dust clouds to core of the Milky Way. Watch the video…

Galaxy gazing with The Eyes

Galaxy gazing with The Eyes

Odd couple of the galaxy world shows signs of damage from close encounters.

Shooting star, seen from above

Shooting star, seen from above

Astronauts capture image of a meteor as it burns up in Earths’ atmosphere.

Gallery: A fluffy galaxy

Gallery: A fluffy galaxy

NGC 3521 has patchy spiral arms, making it good example of a ‘flocculent’ galaxy.