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The Hubble Ultra Deep Field showing around 10,000 galaxies of various ages, sizes, shapes and colours.
Cosmology
A series of light and dark rings that resemble an archery target around the star TW Hydrae
Exoplanets & Astrobiology
This galaxy has a large bulge surrounded by a ring of dust creating an image similar to the mexican hat with the same name
Galaxies
The Milky Way as a bright band over the horizon. The right of the image shows structure of light and dark patches in the band
Milky Way and Interstellar Medium
An all-sky image. Above a ring of stones shaped like door-frames, the bright curved paths of star trails seem to form circles
Naked Eye Astronomy
A composite of images of the Moon. Along the sequence of images, the Moon's colour changes from grey to red and back to grey.
Solar System
Astronaut Alexander Gerst in a spacesuit during a spacewalk outside the ISS.
Space Exploration
A cluster of stars of may different colours. The stars are heavily concentrated in the centre of the image
Stars
A group of observatories in-front of a dark sky. An arc of light curves from the bottom left. Several stars are visible.
Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories
The Sun in ultraviolet appears as a circle. The flare is a bright patch in the upper right 3/4 of the way from the center
The Sun

Image credits: Cosmology: Image credit: NASA, ESA, and S. Beckwith (STScI) and the HUDF Team Image license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons ; Exoplanets & Astrobiology: Image credit: S. Andrews (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA); B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) Image license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons ; Galaxies: Image credit: ESO/P. Barthel Image license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons ; Milky Way and Interstellar Medium: Image credit: Amirreza Kamkar/IAU OAE Image license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons ; Naked Eye Astronomy: Image credit: Till Credner/IAU OAE Image license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons ; Solar System: Image credit: Daniel Henrion/IAU OAE Image license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons ; Space Exploration: Image credit: NASA Image license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic icons ; Stars: Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Cohen Image license: Public Domain icons ; Telescopes, Instruments and Observatories: Image credit: Robert Barsa/IAU OAE Image license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons ; The Sun: Image credit: NASA/SDO Image license: Public Domain icons


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