ITR4582391: The ecumenical room of Avoriaz (Savoy). 1978 (photo), Labro, Jacques (b.1935) & Orzoni, Jean-Jacques (1935-2009) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582457: Supernova Sn 2004dj in the galaxy NGC 2403 - The explosion of a massive star blazes with the light of 200 million Suns in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. The supernova is so bright in this image that it easily could be mistaken for a foreground star in our Milky Way Galaxy. And yet, this supernova, called SN 2004dj, resides far beyond our galaxy. Its home is in the outskirts of NGC 2403, a galaxy located 11 million light - years from Earth. Although the supernova is far from Earth, it is the closest stellar explosion discovered in more than a decade. The star that became SN 2004dj may have been about 15 times as massive as the Sun, and only about 14 million years old. (Massive stars live much shorter lives than the Sun; they have more fuel to “” burn”” through nuclear fusion, but they use it up at a disproportionately faster rate.) The large number of massive stars in NGC 2403 leads to a high supernova rate. Two other supernovae have been seen in this galaxy during the past half - century. The heart of NGC 2403 is the glowing region at lower left. Sprinkled across the region are pink areas of star birth. The myriad of faint stars visible in the Hubble image belong to NGC 2403, but the handful of very bright stars in the image belong to our own Milky Way Galaxy and are only a few hundred to a few thousand light - years away. This image was taken on Aug. 17, two weeks after an amateur astronomer discovered the supernova. Japanese amateur astronomer Koichi Itagaki discovered the supernova on July 31, 2004, with a small telescope. Additional observations soon showed that it is a “Type II supernova,””” resulting from the explosion of a massive, hydrogen - rich star at the end of its life. The cataclysm probably occurred when the evolved star's central core, consisting of iron, suddenly collapsed to form an extremely dense object called a neutron star. The surrounding layers of gas bounced off the neutron star and also gained energy from the flood of ghostly “” neutri / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582523: Supernova IC 443 remains in the Gemels - Supernova IC 443 remains in the Gemels - Located about 5000 years ago - light from Earth, IC 443 is the rest of a supernova that exploded 30,000 years ago. The bright star on the right is Eta Geminorum (Propus), a variable star. Image obtained by the Oschin telescope of Mount Palomar through several filters and composed / Bridgeman Images

ITR4582526: Les Hauts Forts a Avoriaz (Haute Savoie) Architects Jacques Labro and Jean Jacques Orzoni, 1967., Labro, Jacques (b.1935) & Orzoni, Jean-Jacques (1935-2009) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4583110: Remnants of the Crab Supernova (M1) in the Taurus - Polarization - M1, the Crab Nebula, is the rest of a supernova that exploded in July or August 1054. It is located about 7000 light years from Earth in the constellation Taurus. At the heart of this nebula is a pulsar. Image of the nebula in polarized light obtained from photo plates made at the 5m telescope of Mount Palomar / Bridgeman Images

PIX4580123: Nebula California (NGC 1499) in Persee - The California Nebula (NGC 1499) in Perseus - NGC 1499 is a very large emission nebula located 1140 light years from Earth in the constellation Persee. NGC 1499 is a very large issue nebula around 1000 light-years away / Bridgeman Images

PIX4580501: Lane d'étoiles - Vie lactee - Star trails - Milky way and Jupiter - Trainee d'étoiles sur la voie lactee obtained on 13 August 2007 in Brittany. Jupiter (at the bottom of the picture) and the lactee path are reflected in the ocean. This 5 minutes exposure photo shows milky way and Jupiter (bottom of the image) reflecting in the ocean. August 13 2007 (Trevignon - France / Bridgeman Images

PIX4580632: Stars on the castle of Peyrepertuse (11) - Star trails over the castle of Peyrepertuse - Stars on the castle of Peyrepertuse in the Aude. Long exposure trail of stars over the Cathar castle of Peyrepertuse / Bridgeman Images

OMG4580638: The interior of the Palace of Parliament (1984) (formerly the House of the People) in Bucharest, Romania. The House of the People and the Boulevard of the Victory of the Socialist was inaugurated by Nicolas Ceaucescu on 25 June 1984. This pharaonic project is the second largest building in the world after the Pentagon - 45,000 m2 of floor area, 400,000 m2 of living space. To build this palace, one fifth of the city was razed. The palace is now the palace of the parliament now serves as a chamber of deputes and senators. Photography 10/10/05., Petrescu, Anca (1949-2013) / Bridgeman Images

OMG4580725: The interior of the Palace of Parliament (1984) (formerly the House of the People) in Bucharest, Romania. The House of the People and the Boulevard of the Victory of the Socialist was inaugurated by Nicolas Ceaucescu on 25 June 1984. This pharaonic project is the second largest building in the world after the Pentagon - 45,000 m2 of floor area, 400,000 m2 of living space. To build this palace, one fifth of the city was razed. The palace is now the palace of the parliament now serves as a chamber of deputes and senators. Photography 10/10/05., Petrescu, Anca (1949-2013) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4580887: Circumpolar - Circumpolar - Photographic pose showing the apparent rotation of stars around the polar star. Long exposure image of starry sky around the pole star / Bridgeman Images

PIX4581578: Winter night in the Alps - Winter starry night in the Alps - Early winter night at 1200 m altitude, in the French Alps, Devoluy massif. Orion, Sirius, Capella, Procyon appear, as well as the cluster of Creche and Saturn rising on the horizon. Starry night in english alps. Orion, Sirius, Capella and Procyon appear with Saturn rising near the horizon / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582236: Plane trail - Plane trail - A plane passes through the sky. Photographic pose of 15 seconds. Light trail of a plane; 15 sec exposure / Bridgeman Images

PIX4583026: Crab Nebula and Star Zeta Tauri - This two - colour image shows 2.7 x 2.7 degrees of the surroundings around the Crab Nebula. It was composed from Digitized Sky Survey 2 images. z Tauri (zeta Tau) is a very bright, star, with a visual magnitude of 2.97. Is classified as a variable star, although its range of variability is very small. Represents the southern tip of the Horns of Taurus / Bridgeman Images

PIX4583119: Visible Crab Nebula - Infrared and X - Visible Crab Nebula - Infrared and X - M1, the Crab Nebula, is the rest of a supernova that exploded in July or August 1054. It is located about 7000 light years from Earth in the constellation Taurus. At the heart of this nebula is a pulsar. To obtain this photo, three spatial observatories combined their observations: the Hubble telescope for the visible part (here in green and dark blue), the Chandra telescope for X-ray data (light blue) and the Spitzer telescope for the infrared image (in red). The pulsar is the bright spot in the center of the image / Bridgeman Images

PIX4580575: Circumpolar over the castle of Puilaurens - Circumpolar over the castle of Puilaurens - Photographic pose showing the apparent rotation of stars around the polar star. Below, one of the walls of the Cathar castle of Puilaurens in the Aude. Long exposure showing the stars rotating around the pole star. Cathar castle of Puilaurens / Bridgeman Images

MDA4581021: Habitat 67 a Montreal, Canada. Architect Moshe Safdi, 1967. Photograph 11/08/99., Safdie, Moshe (b.1938) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584894: Sundial of the Musee de Cluny - Sundial. Cluny museum - Sundial of the Musee de Cluny 75005 Paris. 167 / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4584933: Naive Art: Breakfast on the grass (painting), Boilauges, Fernand (b.1891) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584086: Asteroid collapsed by tidal force - Artist view - Artist view - Artist view - Artist view - Artist view of an asteroid breaks by the gravitational attraction of a star at the end of life, a white dwarf. This artist's concept illustrates a dead star, or “” white dwarf,””” surrounded by the bits and pieces of a disintegrating asteroid. Asteroids are leftover scraps of planetary material. They form early on in a star's history when planets are forming out of collisions between rocky bodies. When a star like our sun dies, shrinking down to a skeleton of its former self called a white dwarf, its asteroids get jostled about. If one of these asteroids gets too close to the white dwarf, the white dwarf's gravity will chew the asteroid up, leaving a cloud of dust / Bridgeman Images

LBY4584596: The National Stadium site in Pekin, China. Architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron 2006-2008. Photography 30/10/07., Herzog, Jacques (b.1950) and Meuron, Jacques de (b.1950) / Bridgeman Images

MDA4584659: La Cité internationale de la lace et de la fashion, 135 Quai du Commerce in Calais (Pas de Calais). Architects Alain Moatti and Henri Riviere, 2009. Photography 01/03/09., Moatti, Alain (b.1957) & Riviere, Henri (1965-2010) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4583753: Primitive Earth - Artist's view - Meteoritic rain on primitive Earth -Artwork - Artist's view of the bombing of meteorites and comets that hit Earth 4 billion years ago / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584104: Un asteroide percute une planete - Vue d'artiste - Asteroid impact - Artist view - This artist's concept shows a celestial body about the size of our moon slamming at great speed into a body the size of Mercury / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584795: Stellar black hole - Artist's view - A stellar black hole - Artist's view of a system composed of a Wolf-Rayet star orbiting a black hole. A stellar black hole is born from the gravitational collapse of a massive star. The stellar black holes have a mass of some solar masses. A black hole is a region of space whose gravitation is so strong that it will prevent any form of material or radiation from escaping. This artist's impression depicts a star-mass black hole. The black hole has a mass of about twenty times the mass of the Sun and is associated with a Wolf-Rayet star: a star that will become a black hole itself. The black hole is stripping matter away from the star as they orbit each other / Bridgeman Images

ITR4583306: Residence aux Arcs 1600 (Savoie). South slope. Architects Vincent Rey Millet and Gaston Regairaz, 1968. The resort of Les Arcs was awarded the Heritage of the 20th century in 2006. Les Arcs are the full-scale illustration of the designs of the architect and designer Charlotte Perriand who coordinated all the teams of architects, engineers and graphic designers with the collaboration of Roger Godino, founder and promoter of the resort in 1968., Perriand, Charlotte (1903-99) / Bridgeman Images

ITR4583387: Detached house in Les Arcs (Savoie). The resort of Les Arcs was awarded the Heritage of the 20th century in 2006. Les Arcs are the full-scale illustration of the designs of the architect and designer Charlotte Perriand who coordinated all the teams of architects, engineers and graphic designers with the collaboration of Roger Godino, founder and promoter of the resort in 1968., Perriand, Charlotte (1903-99) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4580190: Village landscape in the vegetation - oil on canvas, 1919, Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl (1884-1976) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4581787: Star sky above Weisshorn - Starry sky above Weisshorn - Star sky above Weisshorn in the Swiss Alps seen from Gornergrat. Moonlight illuminates the landscape, the lights of the city of Zermatt illuminate the sea with cloud. Starry sky above Weisshorn from Gornergrat. Moonlight is lighting the landscape. City lights from Zermatt are shining below the sea of clouds. Morgendaemmerung am Matterhorn. Der Weisshorngipfel (mitte) liegt im Schein des Mondes. Der Ort Zermatt beleuchtet die Wolkenbank von unten / Bridgeman Images

PIX4581961: The castles of Lastours under the stars - Starry sky above the castles of Lastours - One of the four castles of Lastours: Querthinous lit by the Moon, with the galaxy of Andromede visible, above the center. Starry sky above the castle of Querthineux lit by moonlight, one of the four Cathar castles of Chateaux de Lastours. Above, in the center, the Andromeda galaxy / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582601: Les Dentelles du Swan - Detail - NGC 6992 - 6995 - Part to the east of the rest of the supernova des Dace du Swan situated about 1400 years - light from the Earth. Image obtained by the Oschin telescope of Mount Palomar through several filters and composed / Bridgeman Images

ITR4582709: Interior apartment in Flaine in Haute Savoie. Architect Marcel Breuer, 1977., Breuer, Marcel (1902-81) / Bridgeman Images

ITR4582724: Real estate in Flaine en Haute Savoie. Architect Marcel Breuer, 1977., Breuer, Marcel (1902-81) / Bridgeman Images

OMG4583199: Residence Les Pagodes aux Arcs 1800 (Savoie). The resort of Les Arcs was awarded the Heritage of the 20th century in 2006. Les Arcs are the full-scale illustration of the designs of the architect and designer Charlotte Perriand who coordinated all the teams of architects, engineers and graphic designers with the complicity of Roger Godino, founder and promoter of the resort in 1968.Architect Atelier d'architecture en montagne, 1972. Photography 10/02/02, Perriand, Charlotte (1903-99) / Bridgeman Images

ITR4583259: Multipurpose room at the Arcs 1600. Architect Faucheux, 1968.The resort of Les Arcs was awarded the 20th century heritage label in 2006. Les Arcs are the full-scale illustration of the designs of the architect and designer Charlotte Perriand who coordinated all the teams of architects, engineers and graphic designers with the collaboration of Roger Godino, founder and promoter of the resort in 1968., Perriand, Charlotte (1903-99) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4596260: Apollo 11: recuperation of the capsule - Apollo 11 Command Module during recovery operations - Recoveration of the Apollo 11 capsule off Hawaii. 24/07/1969. Apollo 11 Command Module during recovery operations / Bridgeman Images