Robin Li

the night sky is filled with stars and clouds

Mosaic of the Galactic Core and Rho Ophiuci complex

Adrian Mag

David Monje

A planet with green glowing continents in dark space

A Sphere of Wonder: The Artistic Cartography of Home

Bhautik Patel

Jonas Von Werne

Two spiral galaxies in a star-filled night sky

Messier 95 (upper) and Messier 96 (lower)....both are part of the Leo I Group of sparely populated galaxies in the constellation Leo. M95 at the top contains a bright central bar (just visible) of gas and stars, like a spoke running through a hub. M96 is a more classic looking galaxy with a bright central core and sweeping spiral arms. If you are able to zoom in, take a look in the upper left....a few of the fainter looking "stars" are actually galaxies. All the galaxies in the Leo I Group are approximately 30 to 35 million light years from Earth.

Steve Busch

Arti Kh

A dark background with many small white sparkles.

Named Carolina's Rose Cluster for the loops of stars and dark lanes that look like a swirling pattern in the image. This is considered an open cluster of a few thousand younger stars loosely bound together. It is located in the constellation Cassiopeia about 8000 light years away.

a view of a mountain with a few clouds in the sky

Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands, Las Cañadas del Teide, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Spain