Beautiful photo: Physical dust and gas surrounding the Helix nebula

Physical dust and gas surround the Helix nebula after a star like our solar system has stopped working in the nebula. The image is recorded by the VISTA telescope of the Southern Astronomical Observatory of Europe.

The image of the luxury Costa Concordia cruise ship flipping off the island of Giglio (Italy) was taken from a satellite.

Plankton rolled into figure 8 in the South Atlantic Ocean. The image was recorded by the satellite of the European Space Agency. Plankton is an important link in the marine food chain.

The HiRiSE camera on the US Space Agency's NASA Reconnaissance probe has captured the image of a large crater on the red planet.

The Pelican Nebula appears to be heated by newly formed stars in a photograph recorded by the American Observatory in Arizona State. The green parts of the nebula are oxygen, green is hydrogen and red is sulfur.

The moon seems to be sunk below the Earth's atmosphere when observed from the International Space Station (ISS) on January 9.

The image taken by American astronomers in Arizona state shows the irregular shape of the KjPn8 nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia.