Pictures from space! Our image of the day
By Space.com Staff 3 hours ago
Space can be a wondrous place, and we've got the pictures to prove it! Take a look at our favorite pictures from space here, and if you're wondering what happened today in space history don't miss our On This Day in Space video show here!
First responders honored in space
(Image credit: Andrew Morgan/NASA/Twitter)
Monday, May 11, 2020: To honor the frontline medical workers of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, which marked the end of World War II in Europe, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan tweeted this photo of a WWII medical armband floating in the Cupola observatory of the International Space Station.
"Much like first responders on the frontlines today, 75 years ago combat medics bravely faced grave danger to save fellow #Soldiers on the battlefield," Morgan tweeted May 8. "This WW2 medical armband accompanied me to @space_station and will soon reside @NatlArmyMuseum." Morgan returned from the space station in April after spending 272 days on board the orbiting lab. Hanneke Weitering
Hubble eyes a two-armed galaxy
(Image credit: ESA/NASA.Hubble/A. Riess et al.)
Friday, May 8, 2020: This new image from the Hubble Space Telescope features the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3583. Located some 98 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major, NGC 3583 is about three-quarters the size of our Milky Way galaxy. But while the Milky Way has four distinct spiral arms that wrap around its galactic core, NGC 3583 has two long arms that twist out into the universe. Astronomers have observed two supernova explosions in this galaxy, one in 1975 and then again in 2015. Hanneke Weitering
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