Gallery: Space Photos of the Week: Venus Gets All Up in the Sun's Business
<a href="http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1528/">Kilo-Degree Survey Collaboration/A. Tudorica & C. Heymans/ESO</a>01SPoW-04
This image is one of the first results from Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS) project, using images from the VLT Survey Telescope and the massive camera OmegaCAM. The purple color is actually a combination of invisible dark matter and visible light.
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/cassini/pia18324/ring-slicer">NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute </a>02SPoW-01
This photo is of Saturn’s moon Prometheus (top right corner), which sometimes orbits near Saturn’s F ring. When the moon goes into the ring, it often eaves a hole in the smaller ring particles. Previous entries can be see by the dark streaks near the bottom of the image.
<a href="http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1527a/">ESA/Hubble & NASA</a>03SPoW-06
An example of a little-known spiral galaxy, often called LEDA 89996. The dark patches in the spirals are dust and gas which can be used as raw materials for new stars. The image was created by Hubble’s new camera which has captured some of the sharpest views of space to date.
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/scientists-study-venus-atmosphere-through-transit">JAXA/NASA/Hinode</a>04SPoW-03
A photo of Venus from the Hinode’s Solar Optical Telescope, beginning its rare orbit between Earth and the sun. Scientists have been studying images of the last event in 2012 to glean new information on the sun’s impact on Venus’ atmosphere during this period.
<a href="http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1516/">NASA, ESA, P. Goudfrooij (STScI)</a>05SPoW-05
The new Hubble Space Telescope took a photo of ESO 381-12, a galaxy which appears to have had a dramatic collision sometime in the recent past. It has an unusual shape, with delicate shells that bloom outward and still remain somewhat of a mystery to astronomers.
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-new-horizons-a-heart-from-pluto-as-flyby-begins">NASA-JHUAPL-SWRI</a>06SPoW-02
A Pluto flyby begins! NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has finally made the nine-year, three-billion-mile trek to Pluto. Up-to-date coverage can be found on [WIRED](https://www.wired.com/2015/07/new-horizons-latest-image-reveals-features-charon/).
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nasas-swift-reveals-a-black-hole-bulls-eye">Andrew Beardmore (Univ. of Leicester) and NASA/Swift</a>07SPoW-07b
This GIF is created from an images of “nested rings of X-ray light” around an erupting black hole. It was taken by NASA’s Swift satellite. The multiple rings are caused by multiple reflecting dust layers up to 7,000 light-years away.
