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Generations of stars can be seen in this new infrared portrait from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Near colliding NGC 2207 and IC 2163 as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

"light echo" around V838 Monocerotis

Solar eclipse in France 1999, protuberances

Photo of the comet Hale-Bopp

First photograph taken by man of Earthrise

North America Nebula

Martian sunset

Sombrero Galaxy

Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300

Earth at night

The Earth seen from Apollo 17

Apollo 17 mission

Solar eclipse 1999 in France

Valles Marineris on Mars

Orion Nebula

Saturn eclipse

Full Moon view from Earth

Rosette Nebula

Helix Nebula

Helix Nebula

Saturn

Spiral galaxy NGC 1672

Eta Carinae Nebula

M82

False-color photograph of Milky Way core regions

Saturn's moon Iapetus

Saturn's rings in visible light and radio

Moon view from earth In Belgium

NASA'S Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this westward view from atop a low plateau

Messier 51 Galaxy

Colliding galaxies

Victoria crater in Mars

Field of galaxies

Image taken by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showing descent of Phoenix with a crater in the background.

Victoria Crater, Cape Verde, Mars

Apollo 11 bootprint

Jupiter

Mercury

Earthrise

Full moon partially obscured by atmosphere

Terraformed Mars

Piers Sellers during the third spacewalk of STS-121

2006 Transit of Mercury

Olympus Mons

Relative star sizes

NASA Mars Rover

Saturn during Equinox

Venus globe

STS-116 spacewalk 1

NGC 6302 Hubble 2009.full

Kepler mission Delta II liftoff

Stephan's Quintet Hubble 2009.full

Guisard - Milky Way