35+ Breathtaking Galactic and Space Photography shots

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Talented artist should appreciate the beauty in everything around her or him, and finds inspirations in every element of life. The sky and space have been always a great inspiration source for artists to get ideas or to think in new creative thoughts. The new astrology technologies let us see the space as never seen before since the early ages of human being.

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The advanced space science technologies and new observatories techniques allows us to see the universe with different way using technologies such as the X-ray images. Away from the scientific purposes of these images. We, as design artists, look to these images with the eye of  astonishment and find in these images great inspirations of colors, lines and  composition. The galactic and space photos below are taken by the NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory which provides us with such great images. While you can click on the title of each image to know more information about it, you can also join Chandra group on Flickr for more inspirations.

Black Hole in Galaxy is a ‘Death Star’

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Jet Power and Black Hole Assortment Revealed

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Black Holes Have Simple Feeding Habits

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Cat’s Eye Nebula

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Sun Plasma

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Galaxies Collide

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Birth of Stars

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Cat’s Eye Nebula Hangs in Space

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Crab Nebula Shows Its Colors

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Tycho Supernova: Still Sending Shockwaves

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Astronomy Update: Black Holes Indicate ‘Wild Youth’ for Galaxy

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Pulsar is Still Kicking

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Crescent Nebula: Live Fast, Die Young

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Supernova Remnant Leaves a Glow

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Solar Eclipse 2009

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Spiral Galaxy Opens Mysterious ‘Arms’

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Black Hole Torus: Wind and Reflections

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Supernova N49

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Cassiopeia A: First Light

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Black Hole Blasts Hole in Galaxy Cluster

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Kepler’s Supernova Has Fast-Moving Shell

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Hen 3-1475: A Young Planetry Nebula

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Galaxy Cluster Mash-Up

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Monster Galaxy at the Heart of Perseus Cluster

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One Weird Star Starts Acting Like Another

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NGC 281: A Bustling Hub of Star Formation

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Chandra and Hubble Observe a Doomed Star

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Sun Over Earth

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Massive Black Hole Implicated in Stellar Destruction

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Black Holes May Shape Galaxies

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Detail: Vela Pulsar Jet

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NASA’s Hubble Universe in 3-D

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Black Holes in Distant Galaxy Point to Wild Youth

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NASA STEREO Captures Huge Eruptive Prominence 304

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Stellar Shrapnel Seen in Aftermath of Explosion

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Rafiq Elmansy is a graphic designer and runs his own design studio Pixel Consultations. He is also an Adobe Community Professional, Certified Expert and Adobe user group manager. He is a Friend of Icograda (the International Council of Graphic Design Associations).You can read his writings on Adobe site, Adobe Edge magazine, communitymx.com and his own blog www.graphicmania.net. He can also be followed on Twitter @rafiqelmansy

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  1. Galaxy says:

    Thank you so much.

  2. Galaxy says:

    Thank you so much.

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