Images taken at extremely long distances using the Hubble Space Telescope, which left Earth exactly 25 years ago. The deadline is no joke. In the first photo, the Horsehead Nebula has graced astronomy books since its discovery nearly a century ago. 
Jupiter's moon Ganymede is shown as it begins to disappear behind the giant planet. Consisting of rock and ice, the satellite is the largest in the solar system, even larger than the planet Mercury.
Resembling a butterfly and appropriately called the Butterfly Nebula, it consists of hot gas with a temperature of about 20,000°C and moves through the universe at a speed of more than 950,000 km per hour. You can get from Earth to the Moon at this speed in 24 minutes.
The Cone Nebula, approximately 23 million high, travels around the Moon. The entire extent of the nebula is about 7 light years. It is believed to be an incubator for new stars.
The Eagle Nebula is a mixture of cooled gas and dust from which stars are born. The height is 9.5 light years or 57 trillion miles, twice as long as the distance from the Sun to the nearest star.
The bright southern hemisphere of the star RS Puppis is surrounded by a reflective cloud of dust, hued like a lampshade. This star has 10 times the mass of the Sun and is 200 times larger.
The pillars of creation are located in the Eagle Nebula. They are made of stellar gas and dust and are located 7,000 light years from Earth.
This is the first time such a clear image has been taken from a wide-angle lens of the M82 galaxy. This galaxy is notable for its bright blue disk, network of scattered clouds, and fiery jets of hydrogen emanating from its center.
Hubble captured a rare moment of two spiral galaxies positioned on the same line: the first, small one, abuts the center of a larger one.
The Crab Nebula is a trace of a supernova, which was recorded by Chinese astronomers back in 1054. Thus, this nebula is the first astronomical object associated with a historical supernova explosion.
This beauty is the spiral galaxy M83, located 15 million light years from the nearest constellation, Hydra.
Sombrero Galaxy: stars located on the surface of the “pancake” and clustered in the center of the disk.
A pair of interacting galaxies called the Antennae. As the two galaxies collide, new stars are born, mostly in groups and star clusters.
The light echo of V838 Monoceros, a variable star in the constellation Monoceros, located about 20,000 light years away. In 2002, she survived an explosion, the cause of which is still unknown.
The massive star Eta Carinae, located in our native Milky Way. Many scientists believe it will soon explode to become a supernova.
A giant star-bearing nebula with massive star clusters.
The four moons of Saturn, taken by surprise as they pass by their "parent".
Two interacting galaxies: on the right is the large spiral NGC 5754, on the left is its younger companion.
The luminous remains of a star that went out thousands of years ago.
Butterfly Nebula: walls of compressed gas, stretched filaments, bubbling flows. Night, street, lantern.
Galaxy Black Eye. It is named so because of the black ring with seething inside that was formed as a result of an ancient explosion.
An unusual planetary nebula, NGC 6751. Glowing like an eye in the constellation Aquila, this nebula formed several thousand years ago from a hot star (visible at the very center).
Boomerang Nebula. The light-reflecting cloud of dust and gas has two symmetrical “wings” radiating from the central star.
Spiral Galaxy "Whirlpool". Winding arcs in which newborn stars live. In the center, where the old stars are better and more impressive.
Mars. 11 hours before the planet was at a record close distance from Earth (August 26, 2003).
Traces of a dying star in the Ant Nebula
A molecular cloud (or "cradle of stars"; astronomers are unfulfilled poets) called the Carina Nebula, located 7,500 light-years from Earth. Somewhere in the south of the constellation Carina
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Mysterious nebulae, which are millions of light years away, the birth of new stars and collisions of galaxies. Part 2 of a selection of the best photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope. The first part is located.
This is part Carina Nebula. The total diameter of the nebula is more than 200 light years. Located 8,000 light-years from Earth, the Carina Nebula can be seen in the southern sky with the naked eye. Is one of the brightest areas in the Galaxy:
Hubble's ultra-long-range viewing area (WFC3 camera). Composed of gas and dust:
Another photo Carina Nebula:
By the way, let's get to know the culprit of today's report. This Hubble telescope in space. Placing a telescope in space makes it possible to detect electromagnetic radiation in ranges in which the earth’s atmosphere is opaque; primarily in the infrared range. Due to the absence of atmospheric influence, the resolution of the telescope is 7-10 times greater than that of a similar telescope located on Earth.
The Discovery shuttle, launched on April 24, 1990, launched the telescope into its intended orbit the next day. The total cost of the project, according to estimates in 1999, amounted to 6 billion dollars on the American side and 593 million euros were paid by the European Space Agency.
Globular cluster in the constellation Centaurus. It is located 18,300 light years away. Omega Centauri belongs to our Milky Way galaxy and is its largest globular cluster currently known. It contains several million stars. The age of Omega Centauri is determined to be 12 billion years:
Butterfly Nebula ( NGC 6302) - planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpio. It has one of the most complex structures among the known polar nebulae. Central star of the nebula one of the hottest in the galaxy. The central star was discovered by the Hubble telescope in 2009:
The largest in the solar system. Along with Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, Jupiter is classified as a gas giant. Jupiter has at least 63 satellites. Mass of Jupiter 2.47 times the total mass of all other planets in the Solar System taken together, 318 times the mass of our Earth and approximately 1,000 times less than the mass of the Sun:
A few more images Carina Nebula:
Part of a galaxy - a dwarf galaxy located at a distance of about 50 kiloparsecs from our Galaxy. This distance is less than twice the diameter of our Galaxy:
And yet the photographs Carina Nebula some of the most beautiful:
Spiral Whirlpool Galaxy. It is located at a distance of about 30 million light years from us in the constellation Canes Venatici. The diameter of the galaxy is about 100 thousand light years:
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an amazing image of a planetary planet. Retina Nebula, which was formed from the remnants of the dying star IC 4406. Like most nebulae, the Retina Nebula is almost perfectly symmetrical, its right half is almost a mirror image of the left. In a few million years, all that will remain of IC 4406 is a slowly cooling white dwarf:
M27 is one of the brightest planetary nebulae in the sky and can be seen with binoculars in the constellation Vulpecula. The light takes about a thousand years to reach us from M27:
It looks like smoke and sparks from fireworks, but it's actually debris from the explosion of a star in a nearby galaxy. Our Sun and the planets of the Solar System were formed from similar debris that appeared after a supernova explosion billions of years ago in the Milky Way galaxy:
In the constellation Virgo at a distance of 28 million light years from Earth. The Sombrero Galaxy gets its name from its protruding central part (bulge) and ridge of dark matter, giving the galaxy the appearance of a sombrero hat:
The exact distance to it is unknown; according to various estimates, it can range from 2 to 9 thousand light years. Width 50 light years. The nebula's name means "divided into three petals":
Helix Nebula NGC 7293 in the constellation Aquarius at a distance of 650 light years from the Sun. One of the closest planetary nebulae and was discovered in 1824:
Located in the constellation Eridanus, at a distance of 61 million light years from Earth. The size of the galaxy itself is 110 thousand light years, which is slightly larger than our galaxy, the Milky Way. NGC 1300 is unlike some spiral galaxies, including our Galaxy, in that it does not have a massive black hole at its core:
Dust clouds in our Milky Way galaxy. Our Milky Way galaxy, also called simply the Galaxy (with a capital letter), is a giant spiral star system in which our solar system is located. The diameter of the Galaxy is about 30 thousand parsecs (about 100,000 light years) with an estimated average thickness of about 1,000 light years. The Milky Way contains, according to the lowest estimate, about 200 billion stars. There appears to be a supermassive black hole at the center of the Galaxy:
On the right, above, these are not fireworks, this is a dwarf galaxy - a satellite of our Milky Way. Located at a distance of about 60 kiloparsecs in the constellation Tucana:
Formed during the collision of four massive galaxies. This is the first time this phenomenon has been visualized using a combination of images. Galaxies are surrounded by hot gas, which is shown in different colors depending on its temperature: reddish-purple is the coldest, blue is the hottest:
It is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System after Jupiter. Today we know that all four gaseous giants have rings, but Saturn's is the most prominent. Saturn's rings are very thin. With a diameter of about 250,000 km, their thickness does not reach even a kilometer. The mass of the planet Saturn is 95 times greater than the mass of our Earth:
In the constellation Dorado. The nebula belongs to the Milky Way's satellite galaxy - the Large Magellanic Cloud:
Measuring 100 thousand light years and located 35 million light years from the Sun:
And a bonus shot. From the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 00 hours 12 minutes 44 seconds Moscow time today, June 8, 2011, the ship was successfully launched "Soyuz TMA-02M". This is the second flight of the ship of the new, “digital” Soyuz-TMA-M series. Nice start:
Science
Outer space full of unexpected surprises and incredibly beautiful landscapes that today astronomers can capture in photographs. Sometimes space or ground-based spacecraft take such unusual photographs that scientists still They've been wondering for a long time what it is.
Space photos help make amazing discoveries, see details of planets and their satellites, draw conclusions regarding their physical properties, determine the distance to objects, and much more.
1) Glowing gas of the Omega Nebula . This nebula, open Jean Philippe de Chaizeau in 1775, located in the area constellation Sagittarius Milky Way galaxy. The distance to us from this nebula is approximately 5-6 thousand light years, and in diameter it reaches 15 light years. Photo taken with a special digital camera during the project Digitized Sky Survey 2.
New images of Mars
2) Strange lumps on Mars . This photo was taken by the panchromatic context camera of the automatic interplanetary station Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which explores Mars.
Visible in the photo strange formations, which formed on lava flows interacting with water on the surface. Lava, flowing down the slope, encircled the bases of the mounds, then swelled. Lava Swelling- a process in which the liquid layer, which appears under the hardening layer of liquid lava, lifts the surface slightly, forming such a relief.
These formations are located on the Martian plain Amazonis Planitia- a huge territory that is covered with frozen lava. The plain is also covered a thin layer of reddish dust, which slides down steep slopes, forming dark stripes.
Planet Mercury (photo)
3) Beautiful colors of Mercury . This colorful image of Mercury was created by combining a large number of images taken by NASA's interplanetary station "Messenger" for a year of work in Mercury orbit.
Of course it is not the real colors of the planet closest to the Sun, but the colorful image reveals the chemical, mineralogical and physical differences in Mercury's landscape.
4) Space lobster . This image was taken by the VISTA telescope European Southern Observatory. It depicts a cosmic landscape, including a huge glowing cloud of gas and dust, which surrounds young stars.
This infrared image shows the nebula NGC 6357 in the constellation Scorpion, which is presented in a new light. The photo was taken during the project Via Láctea. Scientists are currently scanning the Milky Way in an attempt to map the more detailed structure of our galaxy and explain how it was formed.
Mysterious mountain of the Carina Nebula
5) Mysterious mountain . The image shows a mountain of dust and gas rising from the Carina Nebula. The top of a vertical column of cooled hydrogen, which is about 3 light years, is carried away by radiation from nearby stars. Stars located in the area of the pillars release jets of gas that can be seen at the tops.
Traces of water on Mars
6) Traces of an ancient water flow on Mars . This is a high resolution photo that was taken January 13, 2013 using a spacecraft European Space Agency Mars Express, offers to see the surface of the Red Planet in real colors. This is a shot of the area southeast of the plain Amenthes Planum and north of the plain Hesperia planum.
Visible in the photo craters, lava channels and valley, along which liquid water probably once flowed. The valley and crater floors are covered with wind-blown, dark deposits.
7) Dark space gecko . The picture was taken with a ground-based 2.2-meter telescope European Southern Observatory MPG/ESO in Chile. The photo shows a bright star cluster NGC 6520 and its neighbor - a strangely shaped dark cloud Barnard 86.
This cosmic couple is surrounded by millions of luminous stars in the brightest part of the Milky Way. The area is so filled with stars that you can hardly see the dark background of the sky behind them.
Star formation (photo)
8) Star Education Center . Several generations of stars are shown in an infrared image taken by NASA's space telescope. "Spitzer". In this smoky area known as W5, new stars are formed.
The oldest stars can be seen as blue bright dots. Younger stars highlight pinkish glow. In brighter areas, new stars form. Red indicates heated dust, while green indicates dense clouds.
Unusual nebula (photo)
9) Valentine's Day Nebula . This is an image of a planetary nebula, which may remind some of rosebud, was obtained using a telescope Kitt Peak National Observatory in the USA.
Sh2-174- an unusual ancient nebula. It was formed during the explosion of a low-mass star at the end of its life. What remains of the star is its center - white dwarf.
Usually white dwarfs are located very close to the center, but in the case of this nebula, its the white dwarf is located on the right. This asymmetry is associated with the interaction of the nebula with the environment that surrounds it.
10) Heart of the Sun . In honor of the recent Valentine's Day, another unusual phenomenon appeared in the sky. More precisely it was done photo of an unusual solar flare, which is depicted in the photo in the shape of a heart.
Saturn's satellite (photo)
11) Mimas - Death Star . Photo of Saturn's moon Mimas taken by NASA spacecraft "Cassini" while it approaches the object at the closest distance. This satellite is something looks like the Death Star– a space station from a science fiction saga "Star Wars".
Herschel Crater has a diameter 130 kilometers and covers most of the right side of the satellite in the image. Scientists continue to explore this impact crater and its surrounding areas.
Photos were taken February 13, 2010 from a distance 9.5 thousand kilometers, and then, like a mosaic, assembled into one clearer and more detailed photo.
12) Galactic duo . These two galaxies, shown in the same photo, have completely different shapes. Galaxy NGC 2964 is a symmetrical spiral, and the galaxy NGC 2968(top right) is a galaxy that has a fairly close interaction with another small galaxy.
13) Mercury colored crater . Although Mercury does not boast a particularly colorful surface, some areas on it still stand out with contrasting colors. The pictures were taken during the spacecraft mission "Messenger".
Halley's Comet (photo)
14) Halley's Comet in 1986 . This famous historical photograph of the comet as it made its final approach to Earth was taken 27 years ago. The photo clearly shows how the Milky Way is illuminated on the right by a flying comet.
15) Strange hill on Mars . This image shows a strange, spiky formation near the Red Planet's South Pole. The surface of the hill appears to be layered and shows signs of erosion. Its height is estimated 20-30 meters. The appearance of dark spots and stripes on the hill is associated with the seasonal thawing of a layer of dry ice (carbon dioxide).
Orion Nebula (photo)
16) Orion's beautiful veil . This beautiful image includes cosmic clouds and stellar wind around the star LL Orionis, which interacts with the stream Orion Nebula. The star LL Orionis produces winds that are stronger than those of our own middle-aged star, the Sun.
Galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici (photo)
17) Spiral galaxy Messier 106 in the constellation Canes Venatici . NASA Space Telescope "Hubble" with the participation of an amateur astronomer, took one of the best photographs of a spiral galaxy Messier 106.
Located at a distance of about 20 million light years away, which is not that far away by cosmic standards, this galaxy is one of the brightest galaxies, and also one of the closest to us.
18) Starburst galaxy . Galaxy Messier 82 or Galaxy Cigar located at a distance from us 12 million light years in the constellation Big Dipper. The formation of new stars occurs quite quickly in it, which puts it at a certain phase in the evolution of galaxies, according to scientists.
Because the Cigar Galaxy is experiencing intense star formation, it 5 times brighter than our Milky Way. This photo was taken Mount Lemmon Observatory(USA) and required a holding time of 28 hours.
19) Ghost Nebula . This photo was taken using a 4 meter telescope (Arizona, USA). The object, called vdB 141, is a reflection nebula located in the constellation Cepheus.
Several stars can be seen in the nebula area. Their light gives the nebula an unattractive yellowish-brown color. Photo taken August 28, 2009.
20) Powerful hurricane of Saturn . This colorful photo taken by NASA "Cassini", depicts Saturn's strong northern storm, which at that moment reached its greatest power. The contrast of the image has been increased to show troubled areas (in white) that stand out from other details. The photo was taken March 6, 2011.
Photo of the Earth from the Moon
21) Earth from the Moon . Being on the surface of the Moon, our planet will look exactly like this. From this angle, the Earth too phases will be noticeable: Part of the planet will be in shadow, and part will be illuminated by sunlight.
Andromeda Galaxy
22) New images of Andromeda . In a new image of the Andromeda Galaxy, obtained using Herschel Space Observatory, the bright streaks where new stars are forming are visible in especially detail.
The Andromeda Galaxy or M31 is the closest large galaxy to our Milky Way. It is located at a distance of about 2.5 million years, and is therefore an excellent object for studying the formation of new stars and the evolution of galaxies.
23) Star cradle of the constellation Unicorn . This image was taken using a 4-meter telescope Inter-American Observatory of Cerro Tololo in Chile January 11, 2012. The image shows part of the Unicorn R2 molecular cloud. This is a site of intense new star formation, especially in the red nebula region just below the center of the image.
Satellite of Uranus (photo)
24) Ariel's scarred face . This image of Uranus's moon Ariel is made up of 4 different images taken by the spacecraft. "Voyager 2". The pictures were taken January 24, 1986 from a distance 130 thousand kilometers from the object.
Ariel has a diameter about 1200 kilometers, most of its surface is covered with craters with a diameter of 5 to 10 kilometers. In addition to craters, the image shows valleys and faults in the form of long stripes, so the landscape of the object is very heterogeneous.
25) Spring "fans" on Mars . At high latitudes, each winter carbon dioxide condenses from the Martian atmosphere and accumulates on its surface, forming seasonal polar ice caps. In the spring, the sun begins to heat the surface more intensely and the heat passes through these translucent layers of dry ice, heating the soil underneath.
Dry ice evaporates, immediately turning into gas, bypassing the liquid phase. If the pressure is high enough, the ice cracks and gas escapes from the cracks, forming "fans". These dark "fans" are small fragments of material that are carried away by the gas escaping from the cracks.
Galactic merger
26) Stefan Quintet . This group is from 5 galaxies in the constellation Pegasus, located in 280 million light years from the Earth. Four of the five galaxies are undergoing a violent merger phase and will crash into each other, eventually forming a single galaxy.
The central blue galaxy appears to be part of this group, but this is an illusion. This galaxy is much closer to us - at a distance only 40 million light years. The image was obtained by researchers Mount Lemmon Observatory(USA).
27) Soap Bubble Nebula . This planetary nebula was discovered by an amateur astronomer Dave Jurasevich July 6, 2008 in the constellation Swan. The picture was taken with a 4-meter telescope Mayall National Observatory Kitt Peak V June 2009. This nebula was part of another diffuse nebula, and it is also quite faint, so it was hidden from the eyes of astronomers for a long time.
Sunset on Mars - photo from the surface of Mars
28) Sunset on Mars. May 19, 2005 NASA Mars rover MER-A Spirit I took this amazing photo of the sunset while being on the edge of Gusev crater. The solar disk, as you can see, is slightly smaller than the disk that is visible from Earth.
29) Hypergiant star Eta Carinae . In this incredibly detailed image taken by NASA's space telescope "Hubble", you can see huge clouds of gas and dust from the giant star Eta of Kiel. This star is located at a distance from us more than 8 thousand light years, and the overall structure is comparable in width to our Solar System.
Near 150 years ago a supernova explosion was observed. Eta Carinae became the second most luminous star after Sirius, but quickly faded away and ceased to be visible to the naked eye.
30) Polar Ring Galaxy . Amazing Galaxy NGC 660 is the result of the merger of two different galaxies. It is located at a distance 44 million light years from us in the constellation Pisces. On January 7, astronomers announced that in this galaxy there is powerful flash, which is most likely the result of the massive black hole at its center.
Currently, there are many ways to observe space, these are optical telescopes, radio telescopes, mathematical calculations, and data processing from artificial satellites. Every minute, probes from NASA, the European Space Agency, and others collect information about our solar system. Now the ships oversee the orbits of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Saturn; a few more are on their way to small bodies, and a few more are on their way out of the solar system. On Mars, the rover called Spirit was officially declared dead after two years of silence, but its twin Opportunity continues its mission, spending 2,500 days on the planet instead of the planned 90. Here are photos of the Earth's and outer group of planets.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of the Moon passing the sun on May 3. (NASA/GSFC/SDO)
Detailed view of the surface of the sun. Part of a large sunspot in active region 10030, imaged on July 15, 2002 using the Swedish telescope in La Palma. The width of the cells at the top of the image is about a thousand kilometers. The central part of the spot (umber) is dark because strong magnetic fields here stop the rise of hot gas from within. The filamentous formations around the umber make up the penumbra. Dark nuclei are clearly visible in some bright filaments. (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
On October 6, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft successfully completed its second flight around Mercury. The next day, photographs taken during this flight reached Earth. This amazing photo was the first, it was taken 90 minutes after the ship came within close range of the planet. The bright crater south of center is Kuiper, seen in Mariner 10 images from the 1970s. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington)
Mosaic of the Spitteler and Hallberg craters on Mercury on March 30. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington)
The South Pole and the boundary of light and shadow on Mercury from an altitude of 10,240 km. The temperature of the surface at the top of the image, bathed in the sun's rays, is about 430 degrees Celsius. In the lower dark part of the image, the temperature quickly drops to 163 degrees, and in some parts of the planet the sun's rays never reach, so the temperature there remains as low as -90 degrees. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington)
The second planet from the Sun, Venus. The photo was taken on June 5, 2007. Thick clouds of sulfuric acid clouded the planet's surface, reflecting sunlight into space but keeping it warm at 460°C. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington)
This image was taken by NASA's rover of Aitken Crater, including its central peak and northern walls. The width of the surface in the image is about 30 kilometers. (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University)
A plume of post-crater emissions from an unnamed crater with a radius of 1 km on the Moon. (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University)
Apollo 14 landing site. The footprints left by NASA astronauts on February 5 and 6, 1971 are still visible today. (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University)
This detailed view of our planet comes primarily from observations of the Terra moon. The image focuses on the Pacific Ocean, part of an important water system that covers 75% of our planet's surface. (NASA/Robert Simmon and Marit Jentoft-Nilsen, based on MODIS data)
An image of the Moon distorted by layers of the atmosphere. The photo was taken by astronauts from the ISS over the Indian Ocean on April 17. (NASA)
Panorama of central South America. (NASA)
On October 28, 2010, astronauts on the ISS captured this image of Earth at night with Brussels, Paris and Milan brightly lit. (NASA)
Snowfall over 30 US states last February - from the Great Plains to New England. (NOAA/NASA GOES Project)
South Georgia is an arched island lying 2000 km east of the southern tip of South America. Along the continent's eastern coast, the Neumayer Glacier snakes toward the ocean. Photo taken January 4, 2009. (NASA EO-1 team)
This photo was taken by James Spann at Poker Flats, Alaska, where he was attending a scientific conference on the study of the northern lights, on March 1. (NASA/GSFC/James Spann)
This is how ISS astronauts greet the sunrise. (NASA)
An amazing double crater with a common rim and lava deposits. Apparently, these two craters formed at the same time. The photo was taken on Mars using a camera on the rover in February of this year. (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)
A sand formation on the surface of Mars in the Sinus Sabaeus crater. Photo taken on April 1st. (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)
This image was taken by the Opportunity rover's camera perched on the edge of the Santa Maria Crater (dark dot at top left). Opportunity's tracks leading to the right can be seen in the center. The photo was taken on March 1, after Opportunity had been studying the area for several days. (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)
The Opportunity rover looks at the surface of Mars. Somewhere in the distance you can see a small crater. (NASA/JPL)
The area of Holden Crater, one of four candidates for the landing site of the Curiosity rover, January 4, 2011. NASA is still considering the landing site of its next Mars rover, scheduled for November 25. The rover is scheduled to land on Mars on August 6, 2012. (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)
The Mars rover "Spirit" at the place where it was last seen. He was stuck in the sand under the sun. For a year now, his radio had stopped working, and last Wednesday NASA engineers sent out a final signal in hopes of getting an answer. They didn't receive it. (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)
The first, raw image of the asteroid Vesta taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The image was taken on May 3 from a distance of about 1 million km. Vesta in a white glow in the center of the photo. The huge asteroid reflects so much sun that its size appears much larger. Vesta is 530 km in diameter, the second most massive object in the asteroid belt. The ship's approach to the asteroid is expected on July 16, 2011. (NASA/JPL)
An image of Jupiter taken by the Hubble Telescope on July 23, 2009, after an asteroid or comet entered the planet's atmosphere and disintegrated. (NASA, ESA, Space Telescope Science Institute, Jupiter Impact Team)
An image of Saturn taken by Cassini on April 25. In it you can see several satellites along the rings. (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
A detailed view of Saturn's small moon Helena as Cassini flies past the planet on May 3. Saturn's atmosphere occupies the background of the image. (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
Ice particles fly out of cracks in the south of Saturn's moon Enceladus on August 13, 2010. (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
Vertical features on Saturn's main rings rise sharply from the edge of the B ring, casting long shadows across the ring. The photo was taken by the Cassini spacecraft two weeks before the equinox in August 2009. (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
Cassini looks at the dark side of Saturn's largest moon. The halo-like ring is formed by sunlight at the periphery of Titan's atmosphere. (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
Saturn's icy moon Enceladus with the planet's rings in the background. (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus pass by the planet's rings and surface below on May 21. (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
The shadows of Saturn's rings appear as thin stripes on the planet's surface. The photo was taken almost on the day of the equinox in August 2009. (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
The best photographs of the planets of the solar system, pictures of spacecraft.
Mercury
Taken from NASA's Messenger spacecraft, this is the best image of Mercury ever taken. It was compiled as recently as February 22, 2013.
Venus
This is a slightly older photo from the 1996 Magellan mission. It has been in orbit since 1989, but this is one of the best images it took during its entire flight. The dark spots across the planet's surface are meteorite tracks, and the large bright area in the center is the Ovda Regio, a massive mountain range.
Earth
40 years after publishing the famous Blue Ball image that showed what our planet looks like from space, NASA has released this updated version, photographed by the Suomi NPP satellite.
Mars
In the case of Mars, we have to go back to 1980. Recent advances in the exploration of Mars have given us many ultra-detailed images of the planet, but all of them were taken from close range or now from the surface. And this picture, again in the form of a “Marble Ball,” is one of the best in the entire history of the Red Planet. This is a mosaic image taken from the Viking 1 orbiter. The crack in the middle is the Valles Marineris, a huge canyon running along the planet's equator, one of the largest in our solar system.
Jupiter
The best image of Jupiter was taken, believe it or not, by the Cassini probe in November 2003, which was actually flying towards Saturn. What's interesting is that everything you see here is actually a cloud, and not the surface of the planet itself. White and bronze rings are different types of cloud cover. What makes this photo stand out is that these colors are very close to what the human eye would actually see.
Saturn
And when the Cassini probe finally reached its destination, it took these extraordinary images of Saturn and its moons. This photo was compiled from images taken during the Saturn equinox in July 2008, a mosaic of 30 images taken over the course of two hours.
Uranus
Poor Uranus. In 1986, when Voyager 2 passed the first "ice giant" on its way out of the solar system, it looked like nothing more than a green-blue sphere with no special features. The reason for this was the methane clouds that make up the upper layer of the frozen gas atmosphere of this planet. There is an opinion that there are water clouds somewhere underneath them, but no one can say for sure.
Neptune
The last planet to be considered a planet by scientists, Neptune was only discovered in 1846, and even then it was discovered through mathematics rather than observation—changes in the orbit of Uranus led astronomer Alexis Bouvard to believe there was another one beyond it. planet. And this image is not very high quality, because Neptune was visited only once, by the Voyager 2 probe in 1989. It is difficult to imagine what is actually happening on this planet - the temperature on it is slightly above absolute zero, the strongest winds in the solar system blow on it (up to 2 thousand kilometers per hour), and we have an extremely vague idea of how this planet was formed in the first place and exists.
Pluto
Yes, Pluto is a “dwarf” planet and not a regular planet. But we can't ignore it, especially since it's the last major celestial body in our solar system - which also means we have very little information about what it looks like or what's going on there. This is a computer-generated image based on photographs from the Hubble telescope; the color is synthesized based on guesswork, and the planet's surface isn't necessarily blurred since we don't actually know what it looks like at all.
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