milkyway

21 photos and 10 illustrations tagged milkyway, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.

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2016

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Perseid Meteor Shower from NASA on The Commons uploaded 12 August
Variable Stars in a Distant Spiral Galaxy from NASA on The Commons uploaded 1 May
Light and Shadow in the Carina Nebula from NASA on The Commons uploaded February 2026
A Grazing Encounter Between Two Spiral Galaxies from NASA on The Commons uploaded November 2024
N81 in the Small Magellanic Cloud from NASA on The Commons uploaded September 2024
A Swarm of Ancient Stars from NASA on The Commons uploaded July 2024
The Glowing Eye of NGC 6751 from NASA on The Commons uploaded June 2024
British Library digitised image from page 52 of "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description physique de l'univers ... préface de M. Babinet, dessins de Yan' Dargent" from British Library uploaded February 2018
NASA X-ray Telescopes Find Black Hole May Be a Neutrino Factory from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2015
British Library digitised image from page 188 of "The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for young readers" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 52 of "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description physique de l'univers ... préface de M. Babinet, dessins de Yan' Dargent" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 53 of "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description physique de l'univers ... préface de M. Babinet, dessins de Yan' Dargent" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 53 of "L'Espace céleste et la nature tropicale, description physique de l'univers ... préface de M. Babinet, dessins de Yan' Dargent" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 355 of "Butlletí del Centre Excursionista de Catalunya. any 1. no. 1.-any 48. no. 518/523. jan./juny 1891-jul./des. 1938" from British Library uploaded November 2013
British Library digitised image from page 71 of "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853 and 1854, under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry ... by order of the Government of the from British Library uploaded November 2013

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E0102-72.3: Supernova Portrait Gallery

from Smithsonian Institution

Jaap Cost Budde said:
a tribute for Q (james Bond films)
Marvelous Sleep said:
I've seen this one! It's very... violet.
duiceburger said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called NASA - Public Domain, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
crzyone9584 said:
This may be a portrait but it looks like a simple brush from Photoshop.
Smithsonian Institution said:
Hi crzyone9584, The Chandra Xray Observatory is a telescope which detects xray emissions. Different color values are assigned to the data Chandra collects, creating the images. You can learn more about it here - chandra.harvard.edu/about/ Best, Effie, Smithsonian Institution Archives

X-ray Mosaic of Galactic Center: Chandra Takes In the Bright Lights, Big City of the Milky Way

from Smithsonian Institution

1 older comment, and then…
Erin Holman said:
this is cool looking!
Mardoqueo Sueldo said:
stunning!
Thomas Bresson said:
Your photo is uploaded here : commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Chandra_X-ray_Observator...
Jumpy Thumb said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Universe and planets, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Dan Allison said:
I used part of this photo as the background for an illustration (with due credit of course). Here's a link if you would like to see it.

A Black Hole in Medusa's Hair: A galaxy lies about 110 million light years away.

from Smithsonian Institution

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Smithsonian Institution said:
To learn more about Chandra X-ray Observatory images, visit: blog.photography.si.edu/2009/05/11/seeing-the-invisible/ blog.photography.si.edu/2009/06/01/seeing-the-invisible-p...
Vanessa Oliveira said:
Fantastic!
♫ע Il Fr@ ॐ♫ said:
amazing!!!
nathy_0308 said:
Black holes make me crazy. If I start thinking abut space too much, I enter this terrible state of despair because I cannot know the answers... This is a fabulous photo.
AlexanderC902 said:
It is possible to go mad)))