Photograph (Hubble + Chandra composite) · NASA / ESA / Hubble Space Telescope

The Crab Nebula (M1, NGC 1952) is the remains of a supernova explosion observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054 CE. The supernova was bright enough to be visible in daylight for 23 days; Chinese, Japan

Photograph (Cassini-Huygens mission) · NASA / JPL / Cassini Imaging Team

This composite photograph of Saturn was assembled from images taken by the Cassini orbiter on 19 July 2013, a single frame from the spacecraft's 13-year mission orbiting the planet (2004-2017). The or

Photograph (lunar surface, Apollo 11) · Neil Armstrong (NASA, Apollo 11)

Taken by Neil Armstrong on 20 July 1969, this photograph shows Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface near the Eagle landing module in the Sea of Tranquility. Armstrong is reflected in Aldrin's hel

Photograph (deep-field astronomical exposure) · NASA / ESA / Hubble Space Telescope

Released in 2004, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is the deepest visible-light image of the universe ever taken at the time of its publication. A composite of 800 exposures totaling 11.3 days of telescope

Astronomical photograph · Anonymous astrophotographer (CC0 public domain), 2025

The Andromeda Galaxy is the most distant object visible to the unaided human eye. Under dark skies, away from city lights, it appears as a fuzzy oval patch in the constellation Andromeda, slightly elo

Astronomical photograph (Hubble Space Telescope) · NASA / Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), 1995

The image we have may be of something that no longer exists. Infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope in 2007 suggested the three pillars of cold molecular hydrogen in the Eagle Nebula m

Photograph (Hubble + Chandra composite) · NASA / ESA / Hubble Space Telescope

The Crab Nebula (M1, NGC 1952) is the remains of a supernova explosion observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054 CE. The supernova was bright enough to be visible in daylight for 23 days; Chinese, Japan

Photograph (Cassini-Huygens mission) · NASA / JPL / Cassini Imaging Team

This composite photograph of Saturn was assembled from images taken by the Cassini orbiter on 19 July 2013, a single frame from the spacecraft's 13-year mission orbiting the planet (2004-2017). The or

Photograph (lunar surface, Apollo 11) · Neil Armstrong (NASA, Apollo 11)

Taken by Neil Armstrong on 20 July 1969, this photograph shows Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface near the Eagle landing module in the Sea of Tranquility. Armstrong is reflected in Aldrin's hel

Photograph (deep-field astronomical exposure) · NASA / ESA / Hubble Space Telescope

Released in 2004, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is the deepest visible-light image of the universe ever taken at the time of its publication. A composite of 800 exposures totaling 11.3 days of telescope

Astronomical photograph · Anonymous astrophotographer (CC0 public domain), 2025

The Andromeda Galaxy is the most distant object visible to the unaided human eye. Under dark skies, away from city lights, it appears as a fuzzy oval patch in the constellation Andromeda, slightly elo

Astronomical photograph (Hubble Space Telescope) · NASA / Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), 1995

The image we have may be of something that no longer exists. Infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope in 2007 suggested the three pillars of cold molecular hydrogen in the Eagle Nebula m