Space Gallery

The Earth & Moon

During its flight, NASA?s Galileo spacecraft returned images of the Earth and Moon from the Galileo spacecraft. Separate images of the Earth and Moon were combined to generate this view

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Earth, Galileo

Milky Way Colliding with Andromeda

An artist's impression of the Milky Way galaxy colliding with Andromeda. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is moving towards the Andromeda galaxy. Astronomers predict that in about 4 billion years, the two galaxies will collide and begin to merge. The Solar System's fate is uncertain. It might end up in the final, larger galaxy, orbiting further from the core than it does now, or it might be ejected into space altogether

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Opposing groups of forming stars, satellite view

The two illuminated bubbles are being formed in opposite diresctions by the powerful outflows from massive groups of forming stars. The baby stars are specks of yellow where the two bubbles overlap

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