These pictures help to illustrate the

unbelievable expanse of the universe...



earth-planets


planets


sun and planets


sun and stars


stars




Antares is the 15th brightest star in the sky. It is more than 1,000 light years away.




Putting the Galaxy in a BROADER prospective...




This is a Hubble Telescope Ultra Deep Field infrared view of countless entire galaxies billions of light-years away.



galaxy far



Below is a close up of one of the darkest regions of the photo above.



galaxy close

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