The premiere of "Cosmos," Neil deGrasse Tyson's new TV series, has a lot of science geeks massively pumped. And that includes the folks at NASA, who welcomed the 13-part series by releasing a stunning new gallery of space photos on Flickr.
From a psychedelic vortex on Saturn to monster solar flares to the beautiful remnants of dying stars, prepare to get seriously psyched about space. Just check out 30 of the amazing images below.
Advertisement
Red Dwarf Star
Casey Reed/NASA
Venus
NASA
Saturn's Storm
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
Advertisement
Carina Nebula
NASA
Gas Falling Into A Black Hole
NASA; S. Gezari, The Johns Hopkins University; and J. Guillochon, University of California, Santa Cruz
'Black Marble'
NASA Earth Observatory
Advertisement
Ring Nebula
NASA, ESA, C.R. Robert O’Dell (Vanderbilt University), G.J. Ferland (University of Kentucky), W.J. Henney and M. Peimbert (National Autonomous University of Mexico) Credit for Large Binocular Telescope data: David Thompson (University of Arizona)
Supernova Remnant
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Acknowledgment: W. Blair (Johns Hopkins University)
Jupiter and Ganymede
NASA, ESA, and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)
Advertisement
Crab Nebula
NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University)
Lagoon Nebula
NASA, ESA
Mercury
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
Advertisement
Cat's Eye Nebula
NASA, ESA, HEIC, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Acknowledgment: R. Corradi (Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Spain) and Z. Tsvetanov (NASA)
Spiral Galaxy
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Acknowledgement: W. Blair (STScI/Johns Hopkins University) and R. O'Connell (University of Virginia)
Aurora
Courtesy of David Cartier, Sr.
Advertisement
Eta Carinae
ESA/NASA
Saturn's Moons
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Europa
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Advertisement
Saturn's Auroras
NASA
'Star Formation Laboratory'
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
Coronal Mass Ejection
NASA/GSFC/SDO
Advertisement
Centaurus A
NASA/Cheryl Gundy, STSCI
Andromeda Galaxy
NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler (GSFC) and Erin Grand (UMCP)
Mickey Mouse On Mercury?
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
Advertisement
Aurora From Space
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Daybreak On Mars
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Saturn
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Advertisement
Jupiter
M. Wong and I. de Pater (University of California, Berkeley)
Cygnus X
NASA/IPAC/MSX
Spiral Galaxy
NASA
Advertisement