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"This full photo realistic animation of a complete cycle of the moon (known as a "synodic month" or "lunar month") was completed in collaboration with, and based upon photos taken by Steampunk artist Dr Tim Wetherell for his large wall mounted project "Clockwork Universe" commissioned and to be shown at Canberra's Questacon - National Science and Technology Centre."

A collection of Nat Geo photos of galaxies.

We've seen dozens and dozens of photos and videos of Friday's solar eclipse, but most of them have one thing in common: They're taken from Earth.

The European Space Agency posted an image of the eclipse as seen from an entirely different perspective: space. The agency's sun-watching Proba-2 mini-satellite took this photo Friday, using extreme ultraviolet wavelengths to capture the sun's corona.

Great image showing the scale of things in the universe.

Here at Popular Science, we love space-and we know you do too. From seeing the nearly-true colors of Europa, a molten metal orb levitate in microgravity, or even a map of a distant protoplanet, pictures of and from beyond Earth are often the best way to journey to the final frontier.
To that end, this is your (almost) daily dose of amazing space imagery. Bookmark this page to see a wide variety of space-related eye candy, including photographs our home planet taken from orbit, stunning scientific visualizations, and of course, amazing astronomy images.