From Earth's moon to supernovas in other galaxies, astounding images of space have been released recently from NASA expeditions.
The spectacular image of five moons of Saturn, all lined up in a row, was a sight never seen before NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured and released it this month.
The images of an asteroid caught marching across the Tadpole Nebula gives us a glorious view of the asteroid in our solar system, as well as two natural satellites orbiting above NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer streak, appearing as faint green trails.
Check out the images of the month, as released by NASA, as well as an artist's conceptualization of the electrical circuit between the planet Saturn and Enceladus, one of its moons.
NASA has released the spectacular view of NGC 281, also known as the "Pacman Nebula" for its resemblance to the video game character- Pac-man.www.nasa.govAn infrared image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, showcases the Tadpole Nebula, a star-forming hub in the Auriga constellation about 12,000 light-years from Earth. www.nasa.govThe artist's concept shows a glowing patch of ultraviolet light near Saturn's north pole that occurs at the "footprint" of the magnetic connection between Saturn and its moon Enceladus. A larger white square above Enceladus shows a cross-section of the magnetic field line between the moon and the planet. www.nasa.govNew supernova remnant glowing with the light from an exploding star in a neighboring galaxy. The magnificent picture is captured by Hubble Space Telescope.www.nasa.govNASA has released a spectacular new image that shows all five moons of Saturn suspended around the rings of the planet. The image here shows Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Mimas and Rhea from left to right; however, the image shot from a narrow-angel camera doesn’t show the planet Saturn.www.nasa.govThe magnificent image taken by the Expedition 28 crew aboard the International Space Station, shows the moon, the Earth's only natural satellite, at center with the limb of Earth near the bottom transitioning into the orange-colored troposphere, the lowest and most dense portion of the Earth's atmosphere. The troposphere ends abruptly at the tropopause, which appears in the image as the sharp boundary between the orange- and blue-colored atmosphere. The silvery-blue noctilucent clouds extend far above the Earth's troposphere. www.nasa.govThe Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen as it lands, returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station.www.nasa.govThe bright sun, a portion of the International Space Station and Earth's horizon photographed during the STS-134 mission's fourth spacewalk in May 2011.www.nasa.govThe spacecraft are embarking on a three-month journey to reach the moon. GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem around the moon to precisely measure and map variations in the moon's gravitational field. The mission will provide the most accurate global gravity field to date for any planet, including Earth.www.nasa.govA test version of NASA's Viking Lander Model in the original "Mars Yard" built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1975.www.nasa.gov
