The most wondrous space photography of 2017

Behold!

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Solar flares.
A storm rages in Jupiter's northern hemisphere.
(Image credit: Oct. 24, 2017)

The total solar eclipse.
(Image credit: Aug. 21, 2017)

A magnetic field on the sun producing solar flares, a coronal mass ejection, and a solar energetic particle event.
(Image credit: July 5, 2017)

Solar evaporation ponds outside of Moab, Utah.
(Image credit: Aug. 9, 2017)

A galaxy in the small northern-hemisphere constellation of Canes Venatici, some 30 million light years from Earth.
(Image credit: Aug. 6, 2017)

Snowy dunes on Mars.
(Image credit: May 21, 2017)

Aurora borealis over Canada.
(Image credit: Sept. 15, 2017)

Starburst galaxy IC 10, about 2.2 million light years from Earth.
(Image credit: Aug. 11, 2017)

Two galaxies in their late state of merging.
(Image credit: Oct. 20, 2017)

A "Christmas Cover" rock, found on Mars by the Curiosity rover, which contains hematite, an iron-oxide material (in purple).
(Image credit: Sept. 17, 2017)

Sicily's Mount Etna erupting.
(Image credit: March 19, 2017)

The Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant.
(Image credit: Aug. 6, 2017)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.