By Neha Yadav
Published Feb 16, 2024

Hindustan Times
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Photo Credits: NASA

10 beautiful pics of space shared by NASA

The US space agency NASA often shares mesmerising photos of the cosmos and the universe. Let's take a look at 10 beautiful photos of space by NASA.

This captivating photo of a cosmic nebula star called Tarantula was captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. 

Captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, this image features a giant cluster of about 3,000 stars called Westerlund 2 residing in a stellar space known as Gum 29. 

The streamlined magnetic field of the Keyhole nebula shown in this image was detected by NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).

This stunning photo is a combination of several images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, forming what NASA quoted as the "Pillars of Creation". 

This is a composite image of the Crab Nebula that is powered by neutron star called a pulsar. This image by NASA is a combination of X-rays from Chandra, optical data collected from Hubble and infrared data collected from Spitzer. 

This beautiful image of elements in the supernova Cassiopeia A was captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. It shows X-rays produced by different elements in the supernova such as calcium, silicon and iron.

This breathtaking image is a portrait view of the Andromeda Galaxy or M31 captured by NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.

This is a composite image of Centaurus A galaxy observed by NASA's SOFIA. The photo combines streamlined wavelengths from different images of the galaxy.

This image was formed using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. It features a mysterious, gigantic pair of gamma-ray bubbles above and below the Milky Way galaxy. 

This image is the mosaic view (vertical) of the entire sky observed by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).