The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) often releases photos from outer space, giving people a glimpse of the universe. Here are five such amazing photos.
This image taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a collection of stars from the Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, also known as Andromeda VI. The stars appear against a background of distant galaxies.
The Andromeda galaxy, or Messier 31, is the closest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way and has about 13 dwarf galaxies surrounding it. The Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy is one of these smaller galaxies. Dwarf spheroidal galaxies are the dimmest and least massive galaxies, with an elliptical shape and a smooth distribution of stars.
This image of Saturn and its massive rings was taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on July 4, 2020. Also visible are Saturn's two icy moons, Mimas on the right and Enceladus below.
The faint reddish hue over the northern hemisphere may be caused by heating from the increasing sunlight. Another theory for the red color is that photochemical hazes are formed in varying quantities during the summer months due to the increasing sunlight. The blue hue over the south pole reflects changes in Saturn's winter hemisphere.
This image of the globular cluster NGC 2005 was taken by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 2005 is located about 750 light-years from the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the Milky Way's largest satellite galaxy. Globular clusters are densely packed groups of stars that may contain thousands or even millions of stars.
Trio of bright stars is an image taken from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. This trio star system is made up of the variable stars HP Tau, HP Tau G2 and HP Tau G3.
This photo of the Horsehead Nebula was taken by NASA's James Webb Telescope and released on April 29, 2024. It is located about 1,300 light-years away. This nebula is formed from a collapsing interstellar cloud and shines because it is illuminated by a hot star. The gas clouds around the Horsehead have already dissipated. Experts estimate that the Horsehead has about 5 million years left to dissipate.