PIX4621785: Dark nebula and T star - Tauri in the Swan - Dark nebula and T - Tauri Star in Cygnus - Dark nebula LDN 981 with at its extremite (at the top of the picture) the variable star T - Tauri V1331 Cygni. V1331 Cyg is a variable T - Tauri star located at the tip (top of image) of a long dust filament linking it to the dark cloud LDN 981 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621882: Nebula IC 405, star Aurigae in the Coach - Nebula IC 405, star Aurigae in the Coach - IC 405, is a nebula illuminated by the massive star AE Aurigae. This type O star is a “” fleeing star”, a star ejected from the Orion nebula about 2.5 million years ago and continues its race at a speed of 200 km per second / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621903: Nebula IC 405, star AE Aurigae in the Coach - Nebula IC 405 and runaway star AE Aurigae - IC 405, is a nebula illuminated by the massive star AE Aurigae. This type O star is a “” fleeing star”, a star ejected from the Orion nebula about 2.5 million years ago and continues its race at a speed of 200 km per second. The Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405, surrounds the variable star AE Aurigae. AE Aurigae is normally a 5.96 magnitude star of spectral class O. The star AE Aurigae itself is very bright, young, blue, and known as a runaway star since it appears to have been ejected from the Orion Nebula region about 2.5 million years ago / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621945: Star Alnitak and nebula NGC 2024 in the constellation Orion - Star Alnitak (Zeta Orionis) and nebula NGC 2024 in the constellation Orion about 1500 years - light from Earth. Image based on data obtained with the Oschin telescope of Mount Palomar / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622010: Nebula of the horse's head (IC 434) in Orion - B33 The Horsehead Nebula, NGC 2024 The Flame Nebula, IC 434 Composite of two original 45 minute exposures on gas - hypersensitized Fujicolor Super HG 400 Astro - Physic's Starfire 130 EDT at f/6 Sentinel, Arizona November 9, 1993 12:36 am and 1:26 am / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622041: Nebula of the Horse's Head and NGC 2023 in Orion - Nebula of the Horse's Head and NGC 2023 in Orion - The Nebula of the Horse's Head, Barnard 33, is a dark nebula located in front of the nebula has emit IC 434 about 1500 years - light of the Earth in the constellation Orion. Lower left, a reflexion nebula, NGC 2023 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622142: Nebula IC 1274 in Sagittariu - Nebula IC 1274 in Sagittariu / Bridgeman Images

TEC4634545: The city of Quimper in Brittany. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4634585: The city of Quimper in Brittany, Cathedrale Saint Corentin (Saint Corentin). Photography 11/08/09. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4634627: The city of Quimper in Brittany, Cathedrale Saint Corentin (Saint Corentin). Photography 11/08/09. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4634643: Theorie des Cordes-vue d'artiste - Superstring theater- Artwor / Bridgeman Images

TEC4634658: Cathedrale Saint Corentin (Saint Corentin) in Quimper, Brittany. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4634966: Venus Sunset - Venus setting - The planet Venus (the shepherd's star) shines in the sky at bedtime. The brilliant planet Venus is setting near an isolated tree / Bridgeman Images

PIX4635010: Venus rise and zodiacal light - Venus rise and zodiacal light - At the bottom of the picture, a man looks at Venus, the bright point above the horizon. The zodiacal light is the extended glow blade inclined to the right that extends to the lactee lane at Les Gemeaux. Higher, the Coach, then Persee. Saint-michel-de-brasparts, Finistere, 23 September 2009. A man is watching Venus, the bright dot above horizon. Zodiacal light is the pale light coming from the horizon reaching the milky way. Saint-michel-de-brasparts, Finistere, Brittany, september 23, 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4635065: Lactee and Venus - La Reunion - Milky Way and Venus - Reunion - Lactee Way, Venus and Zodiacal Light - Volcano Route - Reunio Island / Bridgeman Images

PIX4635074: Venus and the Lactee Way: Venus in the lactee lane. Joshua Tree National Park, California, November 2016. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4635188: Coming by the Magellan probe - Sapas Mons volcano - The Sapas Mons volcano is about 1500 m and extends for about 400 km. In the background the volcano Maat Mons / Bridgeman Images

PIX4635245: Venus by Magellan: volcanic plain - Plain of the northern hemisphere of Venus. Image covers an area 489 km wide by 311 km high / Bridgeman Images

PIX4635261: Venus: impact crater Cunitz and volcano Gula Mons - The volcano Gula Mons rises about 3000 m and extends for 300 km. In the foreground, the impact crater Cunitz measuring 48.5 km in diameter. View obtained by the Magellan probe and processed by computer to generate a 3-dimensional view. The relief is exaggerated / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622272: Nebula IC 1396 in Cephee infrared view - 18/12/2003 The large composite image on the left is a product of combining data from the observator's multiband imaging photometer and the infrared array camera. The thermal emission at 24 microns measured by the photometer (red) is combined with near - infrared emission from the camera at 3.6/4.5 microns (blue) and from 5.8/8.0 microns (green). The colors of the diffuse emission and filaments vary, and are a combination of molecular hydrogen (which tends to be green) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (brown) emissions. Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope image of a glowing stellar nursery provides a spectacular contrast to the opaque cloud seen in visible light. The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is an elongated dark globule within the emission nebula IC 1396 in the constellation of Cepheus. Located at a distance of 2,450 light - years, the globule is a condensation of dense gas that is barely surviving the strong ionizing radiation from a nearby massive star. The globule is being compressed by the surrounding ionized gas. The dark globule is seen in silhouette at visible - light wavelengths, backlit by the illumination of a bright star located to the left of the field of view. The Spitzer Space Telescope pierces through the obscuration to reveal the birth of new protostars, or embryonic stars, and previously unseen young stars. The infrared image, was obtained by Spitzer's infrared array camera. The filamentary appearance of the globule results from the sculpting effects of competing physical processes. The winds from a massive star, located to the left of the image, produce a dense circular rim comprising the 'head' of the globule and a swept - back tail of gas / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622354: The chapel of the Sorbonne in Paris. Architect Jacques Lemercier (1585-1654), construction 1635-1642. Founded in 1258, this college quickly became the seat of the faculty of theology of the University of Paris. Except for the chapel dating from the 18th century, there are only buildings dating from the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622414: Marche de la rue Mouffetard in Paris. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622449: Detail in nebula IC 1848 in Cassiopee - Detail in nebula IC 1848 in Cassiope / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622464: Urban signage between Boulevard Saint Michel and Boulevard Saint Germain, Paris 5e. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622484: Grande Mosquee de Paris, 2 bis place du Puits de l'Ermite, Paris 5th. Construction 1922-1926, architects Fournez, Heubes and Mantout. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622497: Nebula IC 2220 in the Carene - A mass - loss star in IC 2220 - This nebula is illuminated by a giant red star, the star HD 65670. Image obtained by Siding Spring's 3.9m telescope. The bright, supergiant star at the centre of this nebula is known only by its catalog designation, HD 65750. The nebulosity around the star is the result of light reflected by dust surrounding it. The dust is thought to consist mainly of particles of silica condensed from material which the star is losing from its distended surface at a fairly steady rate. The rate of mass loss is much higher than in normal stars and is sufficient to produce the reflection nebula IC 2220. The stellar nature of the central object is revealed by the four diffraction spikes extending from it. These are artifacts due to structures within the telescope. The light from the star has also produced the annular halation ring (a photographic artefact) that ornaments the nebula. These features, real or otherwise, have provoked the name 'Toby Jug' for this nebula, after the ornamental English drinking vessel or beer mug / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622532: Nebula IC 2948 in Centaur - Bok's cells - A group of Bok globules in IC 2948 - View of a detail of nebula IC 2948 in the center Centaur on Bok's cells. A Bok's blood cell is a dark interstellar cloud of gases and dust that absorb light. If it condenses enough, it gives birth to new stars. The dark spots in the picture are not photographic defects but an unusual type of interstellar cloud known as a Bok globule. Bok globules, named after astronomer Bart Bok who studied them extensively, are small dark clouds made of gas and dust that are typically condensing to form a star or stars. These Bok globules are located at a distance of about 6000 light years near IC 2944 cluster in the emission nebula IC 2948 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622601: Nebula IC 4601 in Scorpio - IC 4601 nebula in Scorpius - IC 4601 is a reflexion nebula located in the constellation Scorpio. Reflection nebula in Scorpius / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622732: Cocon Nebula (IC 5146) in the Cygn / Bridgeman Images

PIX4633822: Aurora boreale - Norway - Aurora borealis - Norway - Aurora boreale on the village of Reine (Moskenes, Lofoten, Norway). October 7, 2015. The Aurora Borealis or northern lights are familiar visitors to night skies above the village of Reine in the Lofoten Islands, Norway / Bridgeman Images

PIX4633926: Aurora boreale - Lofoten - Norway / Bridgeman Images

PIX4634103: Evolution of the Universe - Artist's view representing the Big Bang and the movement of expansion of the Universe / Bridgeman Images

TEC4634265: The buildings of the Centre d'art contemporain, architect Olivier Delourme, construction 1710. Domaine de Kerguehennec, in Bignan (Morbihan, Brittany). Photography 13/08/09. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4647472: View of Brandenburg Gate and Tiergarten from the Reichstag, Pariserplatz to Berlin (Germany). Photography 15/08/03 / Bridgeman Images

TEC4647508: Berlin Zoo (Germany). Photograph 15/08/03. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4634375: The Earth, the Big Bang and the Universe - Artist's View / Bridgeman Images