5. Star Formation in a Dwarf Galaxy
6. Pulsar and Supernova Remnants (Composite Image)
7. My photo of the Milky Way above Yosemite’s Sentinel Dome
8. MSL on supersonic parachute captured by MRO’s HiRISE camera
9. Mount Sharp [Curiosity Image]
10. Mars orbiting satellite spots Curiosity’s sky crane, back shell, parachute, and heat shield (as well as Curiosity itself)
11. Globular Star Cluster Omega Centauri
12. First colour image from Curiosity’s Mars Hand Lens Imager
13. Eagle Nebula
14. Crescent Phases of Saturn and Rhea
15. Colorized (Photoshopped) Version of Curiosity’s Descent from MRO
16. A Blue Whirlpool in The River
17. Curiosity photographs Mount Sharp, its main science target. The Curiosity team hopes to drive the rover to the mountain to investigate its lower layers, which scientists think hold clues to past environmental change.
18. Stunning emission nebula IC 1396 mixes glowing cosmic gas and dark dust clouds. The winding Elephant’s Trunk nebula lies just below center, which is a star forming region containing several very young stars less than 100,000 years old.
19. Field of Stars: Messier 107 looks like a stadium darkened before a show, lit only by the flashbulbs of the audience’s cameras
20. The Bubble Nebula: Above and right of the Bubble’s center is a hot O star, which is several hundred thousand times more luminous and around 45 times more massive than the Sun. The Bubble is created from this star’s wind.