Over the years, space telescopes have sent many extraordinary images of distant galaxies back to our home planet. Some of the protagonists are millions of light years away from us, others can be observed from Earth with a telescope or – with a bit of luck – with the naked eye.
Impressive photos of galaxies
What about the Cart Wheel System? By combining images from four space telescopes, we have a colorful picture of this ring-shaped galaxy. Or the Black Eye Galaxy, which owes its name to the dust lane that can be seen in front of the bright center of the galaxy in an image taken by Hubble.
View the beautiful images of nine galaxies below.
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As Digital Content Manager, Kevin is responsible for National Geographic’s digital channels. In his spare time he likes to go to places that bus tourists prefer to ignore, such as the Belgian ghost village of Doel, Iran or the unrecognized country of Transnistria. His best adventure was a train journey from North Korea to the Netherlands, and he scored the tastiest cookies for the road in Mongolia.
2024-02-06 18:41:16
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