The cosmos

Animals

Winter forest photograph by <n>Ash O'Malley</n>.

The <n>Pillars of Creation</n> within the <n>Eagle Nebula</n>, photographed by <n>Trevor Jones</n> of <n>AstroBackyard</n>.

<n>Waldbild, Arnsberger Wald</n>, a 1957 photograph by <n>Albert Renger-Patzsch</n>.

The <n>Ushiro no Mizumezakura</n> cherry blossom tree in Japan, photographed in April 2020.

Photographer <n>Reuben Wu</n>'s self-portrait from his series <n>An Uncommon Place IV</n>, shot in Peru.

The <n>Avery Oak</n> on Avery Island, South Louisiana. Photo by <n>Steven Smith</n>.

The <n>Sombrero Galaxy</n>, also known as <n>M104</n> or <n>NGC 4594</n>.

<n>Wild Swans</n> by artist <n>Pascal Silvain Arabatzis</n>.

Photograph by <n>Valentine Cinier</n> for <n>Le Parisien</n>.

A snowy forest in Bayern, Germany. Photo by <n>Chris D.</n>

Photograph of the <n>Dark Nebula IRAS 5437</n>.

<n>Camp Sarika</n> in Utah, designed by <n>Luxury Frontiers</n>. Photo courtesy of <n>Aman</n>.

A newborn giraffe calf at <n>Zoo Rostock</n>. Photo by <n>dpa</n>.

A digital illustration of a <n>Mars</n> sunset by artist <n>Benjamin Veronis</n>, created using <n>NASA</n> images.

The <n>GL 490 starbirth region</n>, an infrared image from <n>NASA</n>'s <n>Spitzer Space Telescope</n> taken in 2004.

Pixel art from the <n>Living Worlds</n> collection by artist <n>Mark Ferrari</n>.