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Artists concept of Uranus and its rings
Artists concept showing how Uranus might look from a position in space several hundred thousand miles above its south pole

Western hemisphere of the Earth during the Early Jurassic period
This is how the western hemisphere of the Earth may have appeared 200 million years ago during the Early Jurassic period. North is at the top

A distant alien star system

Artists concept of the Kepler-11 planetary system
Kepler 11 has been discovered to host a solar system of at least six planets with comparable sizes to the Earth. This high number makes the solar system unique among the ones discovered so far

Beautiful full moon against a deep blue sky over the ocean

Dwarf planets Ceres, Pluto, and Eris
In this image, from left to right, are the dwarf planets Ceres, Pluto, and Eris. Eris was discovered in 2003 and is now the largest of the known dwarf planets

3D rendering of planet Earth with clouds, centered on Asia

Human hand holding Earth globe with a green landscape background
Human hand holding Earth globe with a beautiful green landscape and river background

False color view of Saturns moon Dione
October 11, 2005 - False-color full view of Dione. The cratered and cracked disk of Saturns moon Dione looms ahead in this mosaic of images taken by Cassini as it neared its close encounter with

Sun

Mans hands holding the planet Earth, with a jet aircraft flying above

Galileos drawings of the phases of the moon, based on observations through his telescope

Mars
February 5, 2003 - This mosaic of Mars is a compilation of images captured by the Viking Orbiter 1. The center of the scene shows the entire Valles Marineris canyon system, over 3

Artists concept of a blue-white gas giant planet

Mars
June 5, 1998 - Center of the orthographic projection is at latitude 30 degrees N. longitude 270 degrees. The north polar residual ice cap of the Planum Boreum region

3D rendering of planet Earth, centered on North America and South America

Full Earth showing North America (white background)

Artists concept of the cosmic wonders of the universe, such as stars, galaxies, planets, nebulae, comets and more

Artists depiction of Kepler 22b, a planet within the habitable zone of a type G star about 600 light years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus

A diagram showing the phases of the Earths moon

Full moon on a dark night with stars and comets over the ocean
Beautiful full moon on a dark night with stars and comets over the ocean

Male hand holding Earth globe, white background

A gigantic UFO venting plasma from the Sun

Waxing crescent moon with Earthshine
December 17, 2012 - Waxing crescent moon with Earthshine

Satellite view of Earth featuring cloudless view of India, China, Russia, and Pakistan

3d-visualisation of pink spheres forming a heart shape

Somewhere in France A concert behind the lines
Somewhere in France. A concert behind the lines. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)

The Communication Trench. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)

In a British advanced observation post. How artillery fire is observed and corrected. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

How the Staff is informed of movements at the Front. A scene in a stately French chateau. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

The famous 4 days retreat from Mons. How the wounded helped the wounded between Le Cateau and Landrecies. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

Winter conditions in the Yser country. A scene on the snow-covered road leading to the rear. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere

The King at the Front. With the British Army on the Western Front - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963)

The Atomium monument at Brussels, Belgium

Jewish Memorial sculptured by Alexander Felch, University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Snowball Earth, artwork C018 / 8568
Snowball Earth, artwork

Aspartic molecule
Aspartic acid molecule. Alpha-amino acid nonessential in mammals. Precursor to several amino acids including methionine, threonine, isoleucine and lysine

Serine molecule
Serine, molecular model. Non-essential proteinogenic amino acid. Atoms are represented as spheres and are colour-coded: carbon (grey), hydrogen (blue-green), nitrogen (blue) and oxygen (red)

Teriflunomide multiple sclerosis drug F007 / 0193
Teriflunomide multiple sclerosis drug, molecular model. Atoms are represented as spheres and are colour-coded: hydrogen (white), carbon (grey), oxygen (red), fluorine (dark yellow) and nitrogen (blue)

Global winds, satellite-based diagram C016 / 3731
Global winds, satellite-based diagram. The rotation of this Earth globe (dark blue arrow) and the Coriolis effect causes the wind patterns shown

Early Earth globe, artwork C016 / 3733
Early Earth globe, artwork. On this early Earth, the first continents are forming with clouds present in the atmosphere. On the existing land masses, there is widespread volcanic activity

Africa and Atlantic Ocean, with clouds C016 / 3727
Africa and Atlantic Ocean, with clouds. Computer graphic of an Earth globe centred on West Africa, generated using satellite and mapping data

The Sphere Royal Marriage Number front cover
Front cover of The Sphere magazine special Royal Wedding Number celebrating the marriage of Prince Albert, Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Bridesmaids and Paranymphs
Page from The Sphere with photographs of the eight bridesmaids chosen to attend Princess Marina of Greece for her marriage to Prince George, Duke of Kent on 29 November 1934 at Westminster Abbey

Has Captain Scott reached the Pole today?
Page from The Sphere magazine speculating on whether Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his polar exploration team had reached the South Pole in December 1911, as scheduled

Schiaparellis Mars, historical artwork
Giovanni Schiaparellis Mars of 1877 - 1878 with a small south polar caps and structures which led him to create the Mars canali, later misinterpreted as channels, Mars creatures made water ways

Earth. Satellite image of the Earth, centred on North America. The North Pole is at upper centre. Water is blue, vegetation is green, arid areas are brown, and snow and ice are white

Mercator map projection, diagram
Mercator map projection. Diagram of an Earth globe (left) and a Mercator map projection (right) with the blue strip (from South America to Greenland)

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