10 jaw-dropping milky way photos from NASA’s latest collection
Explore 10 breathtaking images of the Milky Way from NASA’s latest collection, revealing the galaxy’s vibrant star fields, glowing nebulae and hidden cosmic wonders in stunning celestial detail.
Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles: A stunning panorama captures Australia’s Pinnacles beneath a crescent Moon, zodiacal light, and the glowing Milky Way, revealing a surreal blend of Earth’s beauty and cosmic wonders. (Image: Michael Goh/NASA)
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Galactic Glow: The Milky Way glimmers above Earth’s night sky in this ISS photo, highlighting our galaxy’s vast star population and NASA’s mission to study the interstellar medium. (Image: NASA/JAXA)
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Galaxies, Stars and Dust: Galactic cirrus clouds reflect the Milky Way’s starlight in Pegasus, while spiral galaxy NGC 7497 glows 60 million light-years away, mirroring our galaxy’s dust and star patterns. (Image: Robert Eder/NASA)
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Milky Way and Exploding Meteor: The Perseid meteor shower, born from Comet Swift-Tuttle’s debris, will soon dazzle night skies, with bright streaks visible despite moonlight softening the celestial show. (Image: Andre van der Hoeven/NASA)
Fireflies, Meteors and Milky Way: The Perseid meteor shower, born from Comet Swift-Tuttle’s debris, will soon dazzle night skies, with bright streaks visible despite moonlight softening the celestial show. (Image: Daniel Korona/NASA)
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Milky Way Through Otago Spires: The Milky Way’s bright core is perfectly framed between Otago’s rock spires, a rare sight requiring precise timing and location as Earth’s orbit shifts our galactic view. (Image: Kavan Chay/NASA)
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A Milky Road to the Rubin Observatory: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will scan the sky nightly, capturing shifting cosmic events like supernovas, asteroids, and comets while mapping our ever-evolving universe. (Image: NASA/NSF, DOE, Rubin Obs., Paulo Assunção Lago (Rubin Obs.))
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Milky Way over Maunakea: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will scan the sky nightly, capturing shifting cosmic events like supernovas, asteroids, and comets while mapping our ever-evolving universe. (Image: Marzena Rogozinska/NASA)
Gaia Reconstructs a Top View of our Galaxy: ESA’s Gaia mission mapped over a billion stars, revealing the Milky Way’s spiral arms, central bar, and dusty, star-filled disk from a top-down perspective. (Image: NASA/ESA, Gaia, DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar)
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Gaia Reconstructs a Side View of our Galaxy: ESA’s Gaia mission reveals the Milky Way’s thin, curved disk, where our Sun resides, glowing with dark dust, bright blue stars, and red emission nebulas. (Image: NASA/ESA, Gaia, DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar)
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