A month in space
Our favourite images captured by telescopes, probes and astronauts over the past month
Jupiter's gaseous eye, a moon impaled and a Halloween sun – in pictures
This month’s pick of the best space-related imagery has a theme: pareidolia, or the human tendency to see meaningful shapes and patterns where none exists
Rosetta selfie, bands of Mars and ghostly spokes of Saturn – in pictures
Our monthly roundup of best space-related imagery in the known universe includes the second largest spiral galaxy found by Hubble Space Telescope, the North America Nebula and a snap of the cosmos filled with millions of galaxies
A spacewalk selfie, the Giant Squid Nebula and an origami solar array – in pictures
This month’s roundup of the best space-related imagery in the known universe includes a dramatic solar flare, a cosmonaut’s selfie and an improbable marriage between technology and the ancient Japanese art of paper-folding
An anniversary on Mars, the death throes of a galaxy and space lettuce – in pictures
Our collection of the best space imagery of the summer includes the Curiosity Mars rover, a galaxy that’s going out with a bang, and lettuce grown on the International Space Station
A cosmic tadpole, Jupiter's shrinking spot and Nasa's flying saucer – in pictures
In this month's roundup of the best space imagery, a giant storm is waning on Jupiter, Nasa prepares its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, and a galaxy cluster known as 'the fat one' lives up to its name
A cosmic plughole, echoes from the big bang and the most peaceful place on Earth – in pictures
This month's roundup of stunning space imagery includes a black hole spinning at half the speed of light, evidence of primordial gravitational waves, and a spiky chamber that excludes all radio, TV and cellphone signals
Rosetta the comet chaser awakes, a cosmic Catherine wheel and the Hand of God – in pictures
This month's roundup of space-related imagery features the wake-up signal from a hibernating spacecraft, the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy and a nebula powered by a dead, spinning star
Colliding galaxies, Martian moons and the black hole in the Milky Way's heart – in pictures
Our monthly collection of the most spectacular space-related imagery
A monster star in the making, a Martian volcano, Earth's 'selfie' and Curiosity's successor – in pictures
Our pick of the best space-related imagery includes the birth of a star that will one day be 100 times the mass of the sun
Einstein at the space station, a sleeping black hole and sledging on Mars – in pictures
This month's pick of the best space-related imagery includes the arrival of Albert Einstein at the International Space Station, a black hole that has dozed off after running out of things to eat, and the tracks of dry ice blocks that skidded down Martian slopes
A month in space: cosmic clouds and a rocket launch – in pictures
Cosmic clouds, a Soyuz rocket take-off and the latest goings-on at the International Space Station feature in the pick of images from our solar system and beyond
A month in space: a champagne supernova in the sky (or rather the W49B) – in pictures
Also featuring in our pick of images from our solar system and beyond from February is the Chelyabinsk meteor explosion and a robot called R2, who may or may not be a relation of R2-D2
A flyby of Venus, a dying galaxy and a birthday toast to Edgar Allan Poe – in pictures
Swing by the planet Venus, glimpse the fate of the Milky Way and pay tribute to a master of the macabre on Mercury – all from the comfort of your own home
A winter wonderland on Mars, ultramassive black holes and a cosmic sneeze – in pictures
Our pick of the best space-related images from December includes an aerial view of Mars dusted with carbon dioxide frost, black holes tens of billions of times as massive as the sun, and a dramatic spray of stars
Galaxies like fireflies, a bridge of hot gas, and a catastrophic decline in cosmic GDP – in pictures
Our pick of the best space-related images from November includes a graph illustrating the terminal decline in the universe's output
A month in space: the Mars Curiosity rover continues its exploration – in pictures
Curiosity takes soil samples from the red planet and a cosmonaut has a crew cut in the Guardian's pick of images from our solar system and beyond
A month in space: quantum teleportation, a shuttle's final flight and mysterious Martian spheres – in pictures
Our pick of the best space-related images from last month includes the first experimental steps towards a global quantum internet
Hubble's hidden treasure, Hot DOGs and space sugar – in pictures
Our pick of the best space-related pictures includes a stunning Hubble image brought to light by an amateur astronomer, hot dust-obscured galaxies and sugary molecules in the gas around a young star
Nasa gets a postcard from an old Martian rover, the mystery of the vanishing dust, and a new moon for Pluto – in pictures
Our pick of last month's best space-related images
Mickey Mouse on Mercury, space lichen and a little blue astronaut bird – in pictures
This month's pick of the best space-related images includes the likeness on a distant planet of Disney's most famous creation, organisms that can survive the rigours of space, and a treat for tweeps
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