NGC 7380, The Wizard

The first simulated image of a black hole was calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978.

Whirlpool Galaxy M51a was the very first galaxy classified as a spiral galaxy.

Mars painting by Herb Herrick for an article about terraforming in World Book Science Annual 1975. Consultant: Carl Sagan. The first painting (top) is followed by two clear plastic overlays of the skies and rain and finally plant life.

 Venus and Pleiades

Saturn, Cassini

IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula ©

NGC 1365, Heart of the Universe

(by Evan Leith)

The Milky Way arching over Lake Mungo, Australia // John Rutter

Jupiter Swirling Storms l NASA Juno