25 ethereal astronomy photos that literally light up the skies

Iceland Vortex by Larryn Rae
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“Harmony” by Stefan Liebermann. A panorama of the Milky Way over lavender fields in Valensole, France.
Credit: Stefan Liebermann

“Milky Way rising over Durdle Door” by Anthony Sullivan. Taken in Dorset in England.
Credit: Anthony Sullivan

“Bicolour Veil Nebula” by Péter Feltóti.
Credit: Péter Feltóti

“The Soul of Space (Close-up of the Soul Nebula)” by Kush Chandari (who is 13!).
Credit: Kush Chandari 

“Dolphin Head Nebula” by Yovin Yahathugoda
Credit: Yovin Yahathugoda

“Flame Nebula” by Steven-Mohr.
Credit: Steven Mohr

“NGC 6188 SHOrgb” by Cielaustral team — Jean-Claude Canonne, Didier Chaplain, Georges Chassaigne, Philippe Bernhard, Laurent Bourgon, and Nicolas Outters.
Credit: Cielaustral team

“Sunspot Looking Out Into Space” by Siu Fone Tang.
Credit: Siu Fone Tang

“Star Fall” by Wang Zheng.
Credit: Wang Zheng

“The Cave” by Markus van Hauten.
Credit: Markus van Hauten

“The Star Observer” by Antoni Cladera Barceló.
Credit: Antoni Cladera Barceló

“NGC 6723, NGC 6726, NGC 6727 and NGC 6729 — Dark Molecular Cloud in Corona Australis” by Steven Mohr
Credit: Steven Mohr

“The Milky Way on the Ancient Village by Zhang Xiao.
Credit: Zhang Xiao

“Star Watcher” by Yang Sutie.
Credit: Yang Sutie

“Pleiades Sisters” by Jashanpreet Singh Dingra.
Credit: Jashanpreet Singh Dingra

“The Exceptionally Active Ion Tail of Comet-2020F8-SWAN” by Gerald Rhemann.
Credit: Gerald Rhemann

“Waterfall” by Anna Dobrovolskaya-Mints.
Credit: Anna Dobrovolskaya-Mints

“Glory of Damavand and Milky-Way” by Masoud Ghadiri
Credit: Masoud Ghadiri

“Château de Chambord” by Benjamin Barakat.
Credit: Benjamin Barakat

“Dugi Otok – Variant A” by Ivan Vucetic.
Credit: Ivan Vucetic

“The Tumult of the Sun” by Hassan Hatami.
Credit: Hassan Hatami

“The Rose” by Josep Drudis.
Credit: Josep Drudis

“The Magnetic Field of our Active Sun” by Andrew McCarthy.
Credit: Andrew McCarthy

“Sunrise of the Magic City” by Jiajun Hua.
Credit: Jiajun Hua