Aurora in Norway, glowing stars on the "roof of the world, birds turn their heads to find bait are beautiful photos in the early days.
The aurora appears above a fjord on Lofoten Island, north of Norway. Micro particles make up the aurora coming from the sun. The "solar wind" phenomenon brings them down to the earth's atmosphere.
Capella, the sixth-largest star in the sky, appears above Mount Everest on a bright moonlit night.
Daisy's mother orangutan breastfeeds in the zoo in Dresden, eastern Germany.
The photo of a star-forming region called W5 was taken by the Spitzer telescope.
The big beak bird turns its head while feeding in the forest on Borneo island in Southeast Asia. This is a new bird discovered by biologists from the University of Leeds, England.
Satellite images of the US Aeronautics Agency show snow covered the UK in the early days of 2010.
Astronomers have captured the clearest picture of the giant star Beteulgeuse. If it lies in the center of the solar system it can swell to Jupiter's orbit.
Zoo staff in Hanover city, Germany weighed a penguin named Sigid on January 14. This work is done every year.
An illustration of a meteorite about 975 m long and 6.7 billion light-years from Earth. The Hubble Space Telescope discovered it.
Tycho is one of the most prominent pits on the moon. It can become a spacecraft landing site in future manned flights.
