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SUNa filtered look at our parent star SUN 2cross section of the Sun's anatomy

MERCURYbasically a larger, hotter version of our Moon MERCURY 2with no protective atmosphere Mercury has been bombarded since its birth

VENUSthe hottest and most violent of our planets VENUS 2image constructed using radar to see through the atmosphere

EARTHphoto from an Apollo moon mission EARTH 2photo taken from the ISS

MARSphoto taken by Hubbel during a close approach to Earth CYDONIAthe infamous face

OLYMPUSa large dormant volcano viewed from orbit SPIRIT ROVERnon-Martian meteorite fragments near Bonneville Crater

OPPORTUNITY ROVEREndeavor Crater CURIOSITY ROVERnear Mt Sharp

JUPITERmoons Io and Europa with Jupiter's Great Red Spot behind them JUPITER MOON EUROPALife is believed to exist in Europa's vast oceans

SATURNCassini photo showing the aurorae of a geo-magnetic storm at the pole SATURN MOON TITANSaturn's moon Titan has salt water oceans kept warm by geothermal activity

URANUScoldest of the planets with an almost featureless outer atmospheric cover NEPTUNElike Uranus a large cold gas giant

PLUTOonce a planet, then not a planet, now a planet again PLUTO 2zoom-in of mountainous terrain

DWARF PLANET CERESthe newest addition to our planetary family CERES 2bright spots likely clean ice

COMET CHURYUMOVfirst ever rendezvous with a comet COMET CHURYUMOV 2closer image from Rosetta

WR124aftermath of an ancient supernova HORSEHEAD NEBULAgraveyard and birthplace of stars

CARINA NGC3372some of the youngest stars in our galaxy were created here NGC1566spiral galaxy in the Dorados constellation

NGC2080star forming nebula also in the Dorados constellation NGC4013barred spiral galaxy about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major

TARANTULA NEBULAextremely bright nebula 160,000 light years from Earth CRAB NEBULAsupernova remnant of a star that exploded around the year 1054

M16 EAGLEemission nebula also known as the Pillars of Creation M16 CLOSEUPcloser view of the Eagle Nebula

ORIONat 1344 light years the closest region of massive star formation to Earth ANDROMEDA ACTUAL RELATIVE SIZEAndromeda Galaxy contains hundreds of billions of solar systems and is the largest object in our night sky but is too dim to see with the naked eye

OLDEST KNOWN IMAGEthe image of this gamma burst from an exploding star took 13.035 billion years to reach us RELATIVE SIZES (SLIDE SHOW)takes a few seconds to start, lasts about 90 seconds




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