“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”

-Carl Sagan

The universe is massive, obviously. We cannot even fathom its size, even if we try really hard. We just take earth for granted and don’t really realize that we’re actually really tiny and don’t stand anywhere compared to all of space. NASA has a lot of incredible pictures of the universe, and they will probably make you have an existential crisis.

1. History of Water on Mars Composite Study

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2. Aurora Australis view taken by the Expedition 29 crew

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3. Great Observatories Unique Views of the Milky Way

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4. Pathfinder on Mars

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5. View from the Apollo 11 spacecraft showing the Earth rising above the moon's horizon

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6. Europa, taken from Voyager 1 to Jupiter

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7. View from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) in NASA's Curiosity Mars rover

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8. Andromeda galaxy, the most massive in the local group of galaxies that includes our Milky Way

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9. The Earth & Moon

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10. NuSTAR Stares at the Sun

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“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Carl Sagan

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