The Ten Most Impressive Space Photos of 2025: Reuters

Reuters has published a selection of the ten most impressive space photos of 2025. The compilation includes images of nebulae, galaxies, protoplanetary disks, and planets obtained from NASA and ESA space telescopes, as well as the James Webb Space Telescope.

• Herbig-Haro 49/50
  A gas and dust cloud formed by the outflows from a young, forming star.
• Veil Nebula
  An object in the Cygnus constellation, a remnant of a supernova explosion.
• Aquila Nebula
  This image captures a column of cold gas and dust extending approximately 9.5 light-years.
• Star Formation in the Seahorse Nebula
  One of the most active regions of massive star formation, known as a “stellar nursery.”
• Southern Pole of Jupiter
  An image of the planet taken at about 51,500 kilometers distance.
• Sagittarius B2 Region
  A brilliant clump of space dust heated by young, massive stars.
• Red Spider Nebula
  The image features blue rays resembling the legs of a spider, approximately 3 light-years long.
• Einstein Ring
  A photograph of two distant galaxies where gravitational lensing distorts the light of one by the gravity of the other.
• Large Magellanic Cloud
  A satellite galaxy of the Milky Way exhibiting hot gas produced by young stars.
• Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
  The youngest known supernova remnant in the Milky Way. The explosion occurred about 10,000 years ago, before its light reached Earth in the late 17th century.