The 20 Most Jaw-Dropping Space Photos

Taking a ride with an astronaut

During a 6-hour, 16-minute spacewalk, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is shown linked to the Canadarm2 robotic arm, finishing off his tasks.

Source: NASA/ESA

Visit from an extraterrestrial

The brightest comet to appear in the northern hemisphere in many years, Comet Neowise, astounded us in July. Skywatchers on Earth and in outer space both observed and captured images of the interplanetary object as it passed over our planet.

Source: NASA

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