The string of galaxies is just a small part of the colossal Virgo Galaxy Cluster

Dury captured shooting stars glowing with the Milky Way from the remote Scottish Island of Skye.

Photos from around the space team.

Wispy nebula clouds can be seen reflecting the blue-white light of the Pleiades in the stunning amateur photo.

“That moment of completion was incredibly rewarding, as I felt like I had finally represented the first quarter moon as it might appear in person.”
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The comet is already visible to the naked eye ahead of its perihelion passage on April 19.

The image captures the glowing ribbon of the galactic plane, where the vast majority of the Milky Way’s stars are concentrated.
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It started with an Instagram message, and ended on the silver screen.

The Antennae galaxies are witnessed in the process of merging into a single elliptical galaxy.

“For a brief instant, I simply stood there, stunned. Then instinct took over”.