Hengifoss, Lake Lagarfljót, Hallormsstaðarskógur, Iceland Source

On its last day, the Rosetta space probe captured this view of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from an altitude of about 16 kilometers above the surface during the spacecraft’s final descent on September 30, 2016.

(ESA)

Wind River Mountain Range // Jaxson Pohlman

As the Cassini mission to Saturn draws in to it’s final year, take a look at some of the most fantastic images from the ringed world. 

Credits:

Image 1: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Image 2: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Image 3: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

Image 4: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Image 5: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Image 6: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Image 7: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Image 8: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/University of Idaho

Image 9: NASA/JPL/ESA/University of Arizona

Image 10: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

2nd Beach // Andrew Golesch

December 17, 1972 – Beautiful shots of the Moon captured by the astronauts of Apollo 17 as their command module began the voyage back to Earth.

(NASA/ASU)

March 2, 1979 – Astonishing glimpses of planet Jupiter made by the Voyager 1 space probe. (NASA)

Björk｜Debut (1993)

The relative sizes of a number of objects, including the three (known) members of Alpha Centauri triple system and some other stars for which the angular sizes have also been measured with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at the ESO Paranal Observatory. The Sun and planet Jupiter are also shown for comparison. Credit: ESO