Apr 12, 2025

10 most beautiful images of space captured by NASA telescopes

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Pictures straight from space

The space, stars, galaxies, and nebulas, have forever been points of awe and discussion. The shimmery stars, the distant lands, it is all so intriguing. And here we present 10 beautiful pictures of space shared by NASA.

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Winds of purple dust

This picture looks like a wind of purple dust just hit space, covering the infinite with sparkles, stars, and so much more.

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Colourful planet?

Looking like Earth imagined in a sci-fi movie, this colourful planet looks jolly and bright with shades of purple, yellow, and more.

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Blue and pink vibes

This image captures a stunning view with brilliant blue and pink hues, glowing stars, and dark dust lanes forming cloud-like shapes.

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The ring dance

This mesmerising image features a lit-up celestial body, surrounded by a stunningly bright, glowing ring. The centre radiates soft white light, while swirling arcs of red, orange, and blue dance around it.

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An aesthetic mix

This breathtaking capture looks like a jet of gas and dust erupting into space, glowing with fiery orange and red hues. And on top is a brilliant star that shines bright.

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The burst of a cloud?

If a colourful cloud ever burst in space, this is exactly what people would imagine it to look like! A mix of pink, orange, and blue, this capture looks stunning.

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A live partition

This capture looks like a live division of gases happening in space, with a thin, sleek strand keeping the two sides together.

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Flames of gas

When a mix of gases light up together, this is the result. A capture by NASA Hubble, this shows "part of the Veil Nebula, which highlights emissions from hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen atoms by combining images taken in three different filters by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3.⁣"

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Space has a jellyfish?

Looking like a jellyfish from space, this capture is actually of a "a pulsar, a pulsar wind nebula, and a low energy X-ray cloud combine to create an uncanny scene of a skeletal hand preparing to grab a glowing ember"

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A million lights in space

A capture of a millions of years old star cluster, this one looks straight out of a sci-fi movie.

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