Jupiter, Venus and the moon create smileys in the sky. Air flow as the universe astride strip choices. Here are 10 pictures of the most beautiful and interesting space in 2008 according to the ranking of National Geographic magazine.
The image is rare when Venus (left) and Jupiter together with the moon form a smiley face in the Philippine sky at night 1/12. This is NASA's most viewed picture of 2008.
Hydrogen is like a soft silk strip across the universe captured by Hubble telescope in July.
The dust clouds captured by HiRISE cameras in Mars orbit show the first picture of landslides taking place on this planet.
New stars form in the Pinwheel galaxy.
In March, scientists discovered an interstellar explosion. Light is so clear that one can see with the naked eye no more than 7.5 billion light-years away.
The sharpest picture of Jupiter taken from Earth was announced in October by NASA.
A high-resolution photo by HiRISE camera captures the planet Phobos, the moon of Mars.
The remnants of supernova SN 1006 hover in space, 7,000 light-years from Earth.
Photograph of a star orbiting a sun-like planet. This planet and its orbiting star lie in the Milky Way, about 500 light-years from Earth.
The black hole in the Milky Way is recorded with a telescope. In theory, we cannot see the black hole directly, but the visible light can be seen when swallowed or ejected from the black hole.
