A storm rages in Jupiter's northern hemisphere. | Oct. 24, 2017 | (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/ Seán Doran)
The total solar eclipse. | Aug. 21, 2017 | (NASA/SwRI.Amir Caspi/Dan Seaton)
A magnetic field on the sun producing solar flares, a coronal mass ejection, and a solar energetic particle event. | July 5, 2017 | (NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO)
Solar evaporation ponds
A galaxy in the small northern-hemisphere constellation of Canes Venatici, some 30 million light years from Earth. | Aug. 6, 2017 | (ESA/Hubble & NASA)
Snowy dunes on Mars. | May 21, 2017 | (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)
Aurora borealis over Canada. | Sept. 15, 2017 | (NASA)
Starburst galaxy IC 10, about 2.2 million light years from Earth. | Aug. 11, 2017 | (NASA/CXC/UMass Lowell/S. Laycock et al.; Optical: Bill Snyder Astrophotography)
Two galaxies in their late state of merging. | Oct. 20, 2017 | (ESA/Hubble & NASA)
A "Christmas Cover" rock, found on Mars by the Curiosity rover, which contains hematite, an iron-oxide material (in purple). | Sept. 17, 2017 | (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
Sicily's Mount Etna erupting. | March 19, 2017 | (ESA/NASA)
The Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant. | Aug. 6, 2017 | (NASA, ESA, NRAO/AUI/NSF and G. Dubner, University of Buenos Aires)
The week's best photojournalism
In this week's most striking images, birds take over a tennis court in Australia, a surfer wipes out in South Africa, and more
The week's best photojournalism
In this week's most striking images, a baboon peers through branches in The Netherlands, a motorcyclist soars in Peru, and more
