We see millions of stars in the night sky however the nearest star Alpha Centauri is 4.37 light years from us. This gives an indication at the vast distances between the stars of our milky way galaxy and the vastness of our universe itself. It is so humbling and spiritual.
Here are some of my favorite images, a number of them are composite images. (A combination of X Ray, infrared and optical images.) Enjoy!
|Earth as seen from the International Space Station|
|Earth from the space|
|Saturn with its moons (Photo by Hubble telescope)|
|Voyager 1's picture of Earth from 6 billion km|
|A composite image of center of our Milky Way galaxy|
|Super nova remnant|
|Sombrero Galaxy 50 million light years away|
|A rose shape made of galaxies at at distance of |
300 million light years
|Ultra deep view of space by Hubble telescope|
|NGC 6240 image by Chandra telescope.|
Credits: http://NASA.gov, http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/, etc.