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This new image shows the spectacular shape and color of the Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57.

DEEP SPACE. Fermi's five-year view of the gamma-ray sky.

Magnificent mosaic photograph of the extraordinary planet Mars

HUBBLE telescope. Observation of the M57 nebula or "Lyra Nebula" in the constellation of the same name.

An extra-ordinary and historic view of the planet Satrune.

Saturn in false color, using lights at 0.89, 0.75 and 0.73 microns (infrared to deep red) and highlighting variations in the planet's atmosphere.

This astonishing and spectacular spiral galaxy is located some 32 million years from Earth.

This extraordinary photograph of the Earth is part of the "BLUE MARBLE" series.

DEEP SPACE. In this artist's view, the visualization of NASA observations reveals new information about the structure of a small asteroid ...

A Delta IV Heavy rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying NASA's Orion spacecraft

Impressive observation of the sun and its extreme ultraviolet light.

Exceptional capture of a solar flare located on the lower part of the sun

Cassini mission. Photograph of the planet Saturn as the Cassini probe approached the apoapsis

CASSINI mission. Saturn's moon Dione, seen by the Cassini probe in this uncalibrated image

CASSINI mission. Saturn's moon Dione, seen by the Cassini probe in this uncalibrated image

Dione, a beautifully cratered moon of Saturn, as seen by NASA's Cassini probe

Dione, a beautifully cratered moon of Saturn, as seen by NASA's Cassini probe

HUBBLE. An extraordinary photograph of one of the HUBBLE telescope's most famous images: the 3 Pillars of Creation

Perfect view of the Messier 96 galaxy located 35 million light-years away in the Constellation Leo.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revisited the famous Pillars of Creation, originally photographed in 1995

An extraordinary true-color view of comet Chourioumov-Guerassimenko, nicknamed "TCHOURI" by the Rosetta space probe.

Self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover at a drill site called "Buckskin" on lower Mount Sharp

This extraordinary scientific photograph is the result of processing the multi-wavelength mix of the space telescope

CASSINI mission. This image shows Saturn's rings, not illuminated by the Sun, appearing dark in the darkness of space.

CASSINI interplanetary space mission. View of the planet Saturn.