The vortex of Saturn's north polar storm is seen in this false-color image taken from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The eye is an estimated 1,250 miles across with cloud speeds as fast as 330 miles per hour. (Photo Source: gb.cri.cn)
The aurora borealis flare over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in North Slope,
The Witch Head nebula, as seen by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).
Astronomers believe the billowy clouds of the nebula, where baby stars
are brewing, are being lit up by massive older stars. (Photo Source: gb.cri.cn)
Nearly 200, 000 light-years from Earth, lies the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite
galaxy of the Milky Way. As the Milky Way's gravity gently tugs on its neighbor's
clumps of diffuse dust and gas, they collapse to form new stars. In turn,
these light up the ambient gas in a kaleidoscope of colors. (Photo Source: gb.cri.cn)
A huge, billowing pair of gas and dust clouds are captured in this
stunning NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the supermassive
star Eta Carinae. (Photo Source: gb.cri.cn)
The aurora borealis flare over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in North Slope,
Alaska, on Aug. 28, 2013. The brilliant summertime sky-show was the result of
what may be the peak of an 11-year solar cycle. (Photo Source: gb.cri.cn)
Astronomers believe the billowy clouds of the nebula, where baby stars
are brewing, are being lit up by massive older stars. (Photo Source: gb.cri.cn)
Nearly 200, 000 light-years from Earth, lies the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite
galaxy of the Milky Way. As the Milky Way's gravity gently tugs on its neighbor's
clumps of diffuse dust and gas, they collapse to form new stars. In turn,
these light up the ambient gas in a kaleidoscope of colors. (Photo Source: gb.cri.cn)
stunning NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the supermassive
star Eta Carinae. (Photo Source: gb.cri.cn)
Orion nebula's center, a cloud of gas and dust known more prosaically as M42. (Photo Source: gb.cri.cn)
Editor:Zheng Limin |Source: Xinhua
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