Results-2015: the best photos of space

Time magazine summed up the next results and chose the most impressive images of space or taken from space. Space itself is fascinating and makes the heart beat faster. And then there are the best photos. We're stuck, we admit.

(15 photos in total)

Source: Time

The photo of Pluto was taken during the historic flyby of the New Horizons spacecraft in July 2015.

The nebula called the "Helmet of Thor" owes its brightness to the central star of Wolf — Ray. As a result of its flashes, gas bubbles form, and therefore it shimmers with a neon glow. The star is 20 times larger than the Sun and is located 15,000 light-years away from us. The photo was taken on January 3, 2015 at SkyCenter in Arizona.

View of Typhoon Maysak on March 31, 2015 from the International Space Station. The photo was taken by NASA astronaut Terry Wirtz and wrote on Twitter: "The eye of Typhoon #Maysak really stands out early in the morning with its whirlpool shadow."

Total solar eclipse in Svalbard, Norway, March 20, 2015. A partial eclipse could be observed in Europe, Northern and East Asia and West Africa.

The Antares launch vehicle, which was carrying the Lebed spacecraft, at the time of the catastrophic explosion after launch on October 28, 2014. The Lebed spacecraft was carrying food for the International Space Station. The photo was published by NASA only this year.

Transition from radioactive sand dunes to an old volcanic stream in the desert. The picture was taken by astronaut Kjell Lindgren from the International Space Station on December 5, 2015.

Circinus X-1 is a binary X—ray star known for its instability. This can be seen in the photo taken on June 23, 2015.

A magnificent combination of the star Hen 2-427, better known as WR 124, and the nebula M1−67, which surrounds it. The objects were found in the constellation Sagittarius using the Hubble Space Telescope and are located 15,000 light-years away from us.

Astronaut Kjell Lindgren photographed a stunning view of the Milky Way before returning to earth, December 10, 2015.

The volunteers used the Milky Way project on the Internet and provided researchers with star-forming objects, which they called "yellow balls". The researchers picked up the topic and proved that this is the phase of star formation.

Scientists of the New Horizons program took this photo of Pluto with a fake color scheme using the method of analysis of the main components. The color highlighted the many differences between the regions of Pluto. The photo was taken on July 14, 2015.

The Twin Jet nebula, known as PN M2−9, is a perfect example of a bipolar planetary nebula. Bipolar planetary nebulae form when the central object is not a single star, but a binary system. Studies prove that the size of the nebula grows over time, and the parameters of these growth proportions suggest that the stellar flare that resulted in the formation of the nebula occurred 1200 years ago.

The rippling surface of the first studied Martian desert. The photo was taken on November 27, 2015 by the Curiosity rover.

Computer 3D model (digital relief map) of Hale crater on Mars. The model was made using two HiRISE observatories on September 28, 2015.

The Cassini spacecraft took this picture of Saturn's rough and icy moon called Dione during a flyby on August 17, 2015.