The most wondrous space photography of 2017
Behold!
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)
