Breathtaking NASA images of deep space

A cosmic painting, Saturn's summer sunlight, A two-hour long solar flare, Twisted cosmic knot, An oldie but a goodie, ET goes home, The Great Red Spot, The Crab Nebula, A rare close-up of evidence of water on Mars, Meet Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Rhea, and Mimas, A supermassive black hole, What 17,500 mph looks like, Jupiter's Northern Lights, Life on Mars, Mars is edgy, Stormy surface, Hurricane Irma from above, Superstar, Don't forget about Pluto!, Subtropical storms from space, The farthest individual star ever seen, Weird little things seen on Earth, Dwarf galaxy, Fires as seen from outer space, A cosmic sparkling ring, Views from the ISS, What outer space plasma looks like, You may recognize this from 'The Martian', Us, as seen from Saturn

In our day-to-day lives, it's easy to forget that our planet isn't the only one out there. NASA has been hard at work exploring the far reaches of our own galaxy, as well as uncovering a tiny fraction of the universe's innumerable wonders.

Whether you're looking to be reminded of the vastness of existence, or you just want to see some stunning extraterrestrial photography, check out this gallery!

A cosmic painting

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NASA's Voyager 1 took this photo in 1979, showing the massive anticyclone that is Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The storm is 3.5x the size of Earth, and is equally as beautiful as it is tumultuous.

Saturn's summer sunlight

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The Cassini spacecraft provided one of the last looks at Saturn in 2016, after having arrived in 2004.

A two-hour long solar flare

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You can't see it but the sun's surface is actually spitting and spouting solar flares and coronal ejections, like this two-hour long activity captured from 2017.

Twisted cosmic knot

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What you're seeing is the result of a collision between two galaxies, causing clouds of gas to compress and stir, resulting in the formation of a star!

An oldie but a goodie

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NASA's Galileo spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter's moon, Europa, in the late '90s.

ET goes home

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The Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft was successfully captured by the ISS's Canadarm2, bringing more than 7,600 lbs (3,447 kg) of research and supplies with it.

The Great Red Spot

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Jupiter's distinguishing feature was captured at a distance of 10,274 mi (16,534 km) from the tops of the clouds of the planet.

Dione

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The Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn's moon Dione and all her pores. She wasn't ready for the photo! 

The Crab Nebula

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This stunning composite image of a supernova remnant was put together using data from five telescopes and almost the entire breadth of the electromagnetic spectrum.

A rare close-up of evidence of water on Mars

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Dark narrow streaks on the walls of the Garni crater on Mars are linked to the first pieces of evidence that water may flow on the planet's surface during its summer months.

Meet Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Rhea, and Mimas

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The quintet of Saturn's moons!

A supermassive black hole

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At the center of the spiral galaxy NGC 4845, located over 65 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) is shown in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released on January 8, 2016. The galaxy's orientation clearly reveals the galaxy's striking spiral structure: a flat and dust-mottled disc surrounding a bright galactic bulge. NGC 4845's glowing center hosts a gigantic version of a black hole, known as a supermassive black hole.

What 17,500 mph looks like

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Astronauts on the ISS captured star trails and blurred terrestrial lights in this time exposure as they sailed around planet Earth.

Jupiter's Northern Lights

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High-energy particles on the pole of Jupiter form a brilliant collection of stunning Auroras in this NASA composite.

Life on Mars

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Landscapes associated with gullies and ridges that look like terrestrial moraines suggest that these deep craters on Mars may be rich with ice!

Mars is edgy

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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter also captured rugged cliff edges on the planet, making for a stunning visual texture.

Stormy surface

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In a composite image assembled from 12 photographs, Saturn's huge northern storm twists along its surface in a gorgeous display.

Hurricane Irma from above

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The record Category 5 storm was captured driving toward Florida, passing the eastern end of Cuba. It looks much more beautiful and calm from space!

Superstar

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The super star cluster Westerlund 1 is home to one of the largest stars ever discovered—a red supergiant with a radius over 1500x that of our Sun!

Don't forget about Pluto!

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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft was 476,000 mi from Pluto's surface when it took this photo in 2015.

Subtropical storms from space

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The Alberto storm is pictured closing in on the Florida Panhandle in May 2018.

The farthest individual star ever seen

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The Hubble Space Telescope caught a blue supergiant star called Icarus, the farthest star humans have yet to see. The panels show the star becoming brighter as the years progress.

Weird little things seen on Earth

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The International Space Station's view of solar evaporation ponds outside the city of Moab, UT, reveals stunning and bizarre colors.

Dwarf galaxy

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NASA captured an incredibly picturesque image of the dwarf galaxy named NGC 5949.

Fires as seen from outer space

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Taken in July 2018, this satellite photo shows light from the County Fire along with the smoke streaming southwest toward San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

A cosmic sparkling ring

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The heart of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097 is surrounded by a bright star-forming ring. Remember that when you're waiting in traffic this week.

Views from the ISS

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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly spent an incredible 520 days in space, but at least he had one of the best seats in the galaxy.

What outer space plasma looks like

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NASA released an artist's depiction of a black hole surrounded by a disk of orbital material, and with a jet of hot gas flowing into it, called plasma!

You may recognize this from 'The Martian'

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A crewed mission written into the best-selling novel and Hollywood film lands in this region of Mars called the Acidalia Planitia.

Us, as seen from Saturn

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The Cassini spacecraft took a rare picture of the pale blue dot from beneath Saturn's rings. Everything seems less stressful when you look at it from Saturn.

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