From an interstellar comet to breathtaking auroras and from brand-new rockets to iconic space telescopes, here are some of our favorite images from the cosmos in 2025 ...
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Best space photos of 2025

An alien comet, a Martian volcano, a man’s fall from the sun and a groundbreaking telescope’s first images: Here are the most jaw-dropping space photos of 2025.
There may be no enterprise that lends itself so well to the camera as space travel. The universe is a riot of color and light ...
SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation. These bright arcs and faint clouds reveal where tiny planet-building ...
Perched high in the foothills of Chile’s Andes mountains, a revolutionary new space telescope has just taken its first pictures of the cosmos—and they’re spectacular. Astronomers are excited about the ...
The Hubble Space Telescope has been in orbit around Earth for 35 years The most famous telescope in history has reached a major milestone — it's 35 years old. The Hubble Space Telescope launched on a ...
After less than a year in orbit, the Southwest Research Institute-built PUNCH spacecraft have made major accomplishments, ...
NASA is sounding an unusually stark alarm: in the coming years, streaks from commercial satellites could creep into almost every image taken by major space telescopes. What was once a pristine, black ...
New images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and a Jupiter-bound mission showcase interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ahead of its close pass by Earth.
Discovered on July 1 by the NASA-funded ATLAS telescope in Chile, 3I/ATLAS is only the third confirmed visitor from another ...