DEEP SPACE:

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[Stars] [Supernovae] [Highly Evolved Stars] [Formation of Stars and Planetary Systems]
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STARS
(Solar type, red giants, white dwarfs, binaries, etc)
444 Red giant and orange giant binary system
338 Eclipse of a red dwarf star by moon of a rocky planet, as seen from rocky planet surface.
262 A star inside a star: based on Astrophysical Journal article about a companion of red giant Betelgeuse, which passes inside its chromosphere.
259 Red giant and white dwarf with spiral galaxy in background.
256 Red giant from a melted planet about to be engulfed.
185 Antares, a red giant seen from a nearby rocky planet.
SUPERNOVAE
369 View of supernova from moonlike planet in a star- forming region (foreground painted from life in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park)
HIGHLY EVOLVED STARS
(Black holes, neutron stars, etc)
263 Black hole in center of its accretion disk, with reddish event horizon sphere against blue-hot disk.
258 Nucleus of the Milky Way galaxy -- a possible black hole, with surrounding red giants & dust.
256.5 Accretion disk of a black hole. Shows progressive change from cooler red outer regions to blue-hot central regions.
136 SS433 Binary with neutron star, accretion disk, and relativistic jet.
FORMATION OF STARS AND PLANETARY SYSTEMS
417 In a planet-forming cocoon nebula
353 In a star-forming cloud
252 Cocoon nebula seen against a molecular cloud nebula.
137 Lost planet and moon, ejected into interstellar space from a newly-formed system.
100 Inside a cocoon nebula, showing planetesimals and reddened light of star thorough dust.
PLANETS AROUND OTHER STARS
507 Earth-like planet with ring and large moon (with red lava) on outskirts of ring. Star in background.
502 Formation of Earth-like planet in a dusty nebula.
491 An alien Earth. An Earth-like planet seen against a backdrop of nebulosity.
458 View of colliding galaxies from ocean surface on a water rich world.
441 The planet of 51 Pegasi -- cloud-covered, oblate giant.
305 Earth-like water dominated world, seen from space, with non-Earthlike equatorial cloud belts.
260 Alien planet with system of arc-rings around it, in a double star system.
257 Double sunset on a planet of a double star in an open star cluster, over a seascape.
256 View of red giant from a planet melted into molten lava surface by heat from the giant star.
254 Planet in a jetting galaxy, showing "milky way" and jet, over a cinder cone landscape.
253 Landscape on an Earth-like desert moon of a ringed gas giant planet.
244 Alien fire fountain: volcanic eruption with giant moon filling part of sky
185 Antares: View of red giant from rocky planet.
157 Earth-like moon of a giant planet; seascape with mushroom-like lifeforms.
156 Sunset with 2 moons, looking across lake in a crater, with alien plants in foreground.
155 Earth-like moon of a giant planet; view of Earth-like from space with planet in background.
153 Ringed planet seen from a rocky moon.
NEBULAE
(See also Formation of Stars)
443 Panorama of nebulae and stars, with Milky Way in back- ground, plus a distant planet and moon.
GALAXIES, UNIVERSE, AND BIG BANG
458 View of colliding galaxies from an alien water-rich world
443 Panorama of Milky Way, star field, nebulae, with planet and moon in mid-distance (small)
422 Typical spiral galaxy, nearly face-on.
263.5 Milky way galaxy, face-on view based on radio astronomy maps of spiral arm structure.
259 Galaxy with red giant and white dwarf in foreground.
258 In the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, showing the nucleus, and surrounding red giant starfield.
254 Jetting galaxy seen over a cinder cone.
ALIEN LIFE
458 View of colliding galaxies from ocean on a water-rich world. Distant land mass has lights -- possible life?
306 Intelligent dolphin-like creatures on ocean floor.
305 Alien water world (goes with 306)
302B Alien life forms around deep sea vent on a water world.
297 Lichen on rocks; desert landscape with sea in distance.
255 Alien fern forest with two moons in the sky.