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Comet R3 PanSTARRS and the Orion Nebula In this image of Comet R3, taken by the PanSTARRS instrument, two distinct tails are visible: a short dust tail pointing upwards in the image, and a long, wavy ion tail extending towards the top left-hand corner

Large-scale view of the region known as the Baghdad Trench on Enceladus

An image of the Orion Nebula from the James Webb Space Telescope

Close-up images of Martian rocks taken by the Perseverance rover Image taken on 11 April 2024

A stunning view of the clouds from aboard the ISS

A seismograph left on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission Lunar earthquakes have proved to be a fairly common occurrence: between 1972 and 1977 alone, 62 ‘lunar quakes’ were recorded

Wild horses in the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile

The Nile river at night, as seen from the ISS

A view of Earth taken by cosmonaut Sergei Korsakov from the International Space Station

The eruption of Stromboli volcano, which caused volcanic lightning

Olympus Mons on Mars (the largest mountain in the Solar System) is so enormous that its diameter exceeds that of Saturn’s moon Enceladus

Incredibly sharp images of Jupiter taken by the Juno spacecraft

An amazing island in Finland

The mesmerising surface of the Sun

Textures of Northern Spain

A giant jet is an extremely rare and powerful form of lightning in the upper layers of the atmosphere, which extends from the top of a thunderstorm down to the lower levels of the ionosphere Unlike the better-known sprites, which are also electrical discharges in the upper atmosphere, giant jets are more powerful and reach higher levels in the atmosphere

A surreal landscape in the Dolomites, Italy

The ISS astronauts are closing the windows of the Cupola module so that nothing disturbs their sleep in space

"Transit" of a bird against the Sun, by astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy

A total solar eclipse, as seen from space