The Milky Way and the other members of our Local Group of galaxies The collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies seen from the Earth The view from the rim of the caldera of Olympus Mons on Mars Saturn seen from the surface of its moon, Rhea A diagram showing the phases of the Earths moon A scene on the tortured, wrinkled terrain of Miranda, one of Uranus many moons Ice ridges on Jupiters moon, Europa Uranus moon Miranda is covered with meandering cracks and grooves An ancient lava flow on Earths moon Illustration of a gaseous nebula from which star formation may occur Artists concept of a face on view of our galaxy, the Milky Way Plumes of ice crystals rise from geysers into the sunlight as dawn breaks on Enceladus A gigantic scarp on the surface of Uranus moon, Miranda Panorama of a landscape on Venus A timeline of Earths history Deep within the raging storm that is the Great Red Spot of Jupiter The primordial Earth being formed by asteroid like bodies Plutos moon, Charon, hovers above the frozen landscape of the icy planet A simplified Herzprung Russell Diagram showing how stars are classified A binary star system consisting of a red giant and a white dwarf A diagram illustrating the parts of Earths atmosphere A cutaway view of the sun Jupiters moon, Europa, covered by a thick crust of ice Diagram of the transparency of Earths atmosphere to different types of radiation Jupiters large moon, Europa, is covered by a thick crust of ice Black Hole Singularity Diagram Illustration of the Maxwell Montes mountain range on the planet Venus The planets and larger moons to scale with the Sun A lake of liquid methane on Saturns giant moon, Titan Orbits of Earth Crossing Asteroids Ice spires on Jupiters large moon, Callisto Explorers examine one of the great fissures from which Enceladus geysers erupt Illustration of the peaks surrounding the Peary crater on Earths moon Chicago disintegrates as a nuclear explosion erupts in the middle of the city A scene on a moon of Upsilon Andromeda b, a recently discovered extrasolar planet Pluto and its moon Charon lie at the frontier of the solar system A panorama of the strange, mesa like mountains on Io A comet passes over the surface of Mercury A diagram of the Milky Way, depicting its various named parts An astronaut observes the ruption of one of Tritons giant cryogeysers Some galaxies have powerfully active cores that emit jets of energy A scene on Jupiters moon, Io, the most volcanic body in the solar system Our Sun may have formed from a protostellar nebula like this one Saturn seen from the surface of its moon, Rhea Uranus seen from the surface of its moon, Ariel Panorama of a landscape on Venus at 700 degress Fahrenheit Mars seen from its outer moon, Deimos