Best Space Photos of the Week – May 23, 2015

From the launch of the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane to new views of the odd bright spots on the dwarf planet Ceres, don’t miss these amazing space…Read More » images of the week for May 23, 2015. HERE: The Medusa Nebula captured in a new close-up image from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile. The nebula is formed from a dying star shedding its outer layers. See the Full Story and Video .    Less «

The strange bright white spots on the dwarf planet Ceres are seen in this best view yet from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, which captured this image on May 16, 2015. Read the Full Story .

At right: Part of the first image taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on May 20, 1990. At left: A picture of the same region of sky captured by a 100-inch…Read More » telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. Read the Full Story .   Less «

This image of boulders on Comet 67P/C-G was taken by Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft on Sep. 19, 2014, from a distance of about of 18 miles (29 kilometers).…Read More » Image released May 18, 2015. Read the Full Story .   Less «

European Space Agency astronaut Sam Cristoforetti captured this shot of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule leaving the International Space Station on May 21,…Read More » 2015. “Look carefully.. you’ll see #Dragon resting on the horizon,” she tweeted along with the photo. Read the Full Story .   Less «