BIRTHDAYS IN 2012

Every day of 2012 in space photos

Every space photo NASA or ESA released in 2012, one page per month. Pick a month, or start with a few from across the year.

366 photos

Month by month

A few from 2012

Thirty photos from across the year, the rarest of each month first.

SB-2012-01-04

RARE · HOLO

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The smoky pink core of the Omega Nebula

The Case of the Missing Supernova Companion

Core of Messier 100 in super high res

ESA / HUBBLE · PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Inside the Eagle Nebula

Preview of a forthcoming supernova

ESA / HUBBLE · PICTURE OF THE WEEK

The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987A

Stellar voyage of a butterfly-like planetary nebula

ESA / HUBBLE · PICTURE OF THE WEEK

A Halley's comet photographic plate

The VLT goes lion hunting

ESO PICTURE OF THE WEEK

A Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree

Hubble peeks inside a stellar cloud

ESA / HUBBLE · PICTURE OF THE WEEK

In the Center of the Omega Nebula

Shuttle Enterprise Over New York

Star Formation in the Tarantula Nebula

A bright spark in a nearby spiral galaxy

ESA / HUBBLE · PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Live: Watching for Venus to Cross the Sun

Jupiter's Rings Revealed

The Cat's Paw remastered

ESO PICTURE OF THE WEEK

M16: Pillars of Creation

VLT image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1187

Spotting a supernova in NGC 5806

ESA / HUBBLE · PICTURE OF THE WEEK

A surprising superbubble

ESO PICTURE OF THE WEEK

The Pencil Nebula, a strangely shaped leftover from a vast explosion

At the Heart of Orion

Brightest galaxy in Abell 2261

The Black Hole in the Milky Way

Methone: Smooth Egg Moon of Saturn

NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery

A wanderer dancing the dance of stars and space

ESA / HUBBLE · PICTURE OF THE WEEK

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