Most of our people like Stars.Some shows high passion in space and its wonders.Here I listed top 10 Incredible images of Space which could describe the beauty of our universe.
1.A
“small” galaxy which orbits our own galaxy
The SMC is
one of the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbors. Even though it is a small,
or so-called dwarf galaxy, the SMC is so bright that it is visible to the
unaided eye from the Southern Hemisphere and near the equator. Many navigators,
including Ferdinand Magellan who lends his name to the SMC, used it to help
find their way across the oceans.This Photo holds First rank in our list.
2.The Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula spans about 40 light years and is located
about 1500 light years away in the same spiral arm of our Galaxy as the Sun.This photo holds Second rank in our list.
3.The
center of the Milky Way galaxy
A view of
the turbulent heart of our Milky Way galaxy.About 26,000 light years from
Earth.The entire image width covers about one-half a degree, about the same
angular width as the full moon.This photo holds Third rank in our list.
4.A
bright superbubble
This composite image shows a superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located about 160,000 light years from Earth. Massive stars in the cluster produce intense radiation, expel matter at high speeds, and explode relatively quickly as supernovas. Winds from the massive stars and shocks from the supernovas carve out “superbubbles” in the gas seen in X-rays by Chandra (blue).This photo holds Fourth rank in our list.
5.The
formation of a new planetary nebula
Astronomers
estimate “The Lagoon” is between 4000 and 6000 light years away, lying in the
general direction of the center of our galaxy in the constellation Sagittarius.
It is of particular interest to stargazers as it is only one of two
star-forming nebulae that can be seen with the naked eye from northern
latitudes, appearing as a fuzzy grey patch.This photo holds Fifth rank in our list.
6.A
dying star
In death,
the star’s dusty outer layers are unraveling into space, glowing from the
intense ultraviolet radiation being pumped out by the hot stellar core.
Planetary nebulae (like the Helix Nebula above) are actually the remains of
stars that once looked a lot like our sun. These stars spend most of their
lives turning hydrogen into helium in massive runaway nuclear fusion reactions
in their cores.This photo holds Sixth rank in our list.
7.Galaxies
colliding
A compact
group of galaxies, discovered about 130 years ago, about 280 million light
years from Earth. One galaxy is passing through a core of four other galaxies.This photo holds Seventh rank in our list.
8.A
swirl of star formations
This is a
starburst galaxy — a name given to galaxies that show unusually high rates of
star formation. The regions where new stars are being born are highlighted by
sparkling bright blue regions along the galactic arms.This photo holds Eighth rank in our list.
9.The
oldest recorded supernova
Chinese
astronomers witnessed an event in that location in 185 AD, documenting a
mysterious “guest star” that remained for 8 months. RCW 86 is approximately
8,000 light-years away. At about 85 light-years in diameter, it occupies a
region of the sky in the southern constellation of Circinus that is slightly
larger than the full moon.This photo holds Nineth rank in our list.
10.Stellar
debris in the Large Magnetic Cloud
This is a
composite image of N49, the brightest supernova remnant in optical light in the
Large Magellanic Cloud. The Chandra X-ray image (blue) shows million-degree gas
in the center. Much cooler gas at the outer parts of the remnant is seen in the
infrared image from Spitzer (red).This photo holds Tenth rank in our list.
(Source:www.buzzfeed.com)
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