of the astronomical kind :
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitz ... 00401.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Click on the link to the full res jpg. You can also enlarge it and scroll around.

This picture of a stellar nursery was created from 80 separate pictures taken over 40 days. These stars are only about a million years old, so they're VERY new.

Cool! I had to check, but this is the nebula below Orion's belt, in a group of stars I always though was his sword. Orion's Nebula is visible to the naked eye, and is obviously not a star even with relatively low magnification.

I love this kind of shit. Thanks for the link.

Hell and High Water wrote:Cool! I had to check, but this is the nebula below Orion's belt, ...

so this was a photo shot below the belt.

I thank you for showing it, DrDark,
this splendid astronomic scenery.

^ LOL, yesss! I know you're trying to make it dirty but it won't work...

Hot indeed. Here's another hot star: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegal ... _1354.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I could look at Nasa pictures all day.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubbl ... h-img.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

incredible beauty.

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv ... /13/image/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

^The Hubble pictures are breathtaking. And they make awesome wallpapers too.
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The SDO pics and vids have been on the news this week as well. I love images of the sun so I think I'm gonna like this mission.
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/firstlight/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hersc ... 0412a.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;