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The three-level structure of Toba Batak houses corresponds to ideas of the cosmos, The lower space between the stilts where a...
The three-level structure of Toba Batak houses corresponds to ideas of the cosmos, The lower space between the stilts where animals are kept is the underworld, the living area above is the Earth, the tall boat-shaped roof the abode of Gods and ancestors. Indonesia. Toba Batak. 1968. Lake Toba, North Sumatra.
Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses IX, mural paintings illustrating Book of Day, Night, Caverns, Earth...
Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses IX, mural paintings illustrating Book of Day, Night, Caverns, Earth and Amduat, in Burial chamber from twentieth dynasty
Epsilon Eridani is a warm system with a sun quite like our own. Astronomers have detected a large jovian planet that may harb...
Epsilon Eridani is a warm system with a sun quite like our own. Astronomers have detected a large jovian planet that may harbor many moons and the potential for life.
Stone temples representing the five peaks of Mount Meru reflected in a lotus pond at an Angkor Wat sunrise, built in the 11th...
Stone temples representing the five peaks of Mount Meru reflected in a lotus pond at an Angkor Wat sunrise, built in the 11th century by Suryavarman II - Siem Reap, Cambodia
C.E.R.N., CERN, Universe of Particles exibition, Geneva, Galileo Galilei Square, Switzerland, Organisation Européenne pour la...
C.E.R.N., CERN, Universe of Particles exibition, Geneva, Galileo Galilei Square, Switzerland, Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire, European Organization for Nuclear Research
Deep within the reflection nebula associated with the Pleiades Cluster, the bluish star Merope rotates very rapidly
Myanmar, Burma Mingun, near Mandalay Hsinbyume Paya Stupa, completed 1816 Seven wavy terraces around the stupa represent the ...
Myanmar, Burma Mingun, near Mandalay Hsinbyume Paya Stupa, completed 1816 Seven wavy terraces around the stupa represent the seven mountain ranges around Mt Meru, center of the universe in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology
The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 in bright nebula IC 434) is a dark nebula in the Orion constellation
Stone temples representing the five peaks of Mount Meru reflected in a pond at an Angkor Wat sunrise, built in the 11th centu...
Stone temples representing the five peaks of Mount Meru reflected in a pond at an Angkor Wat sunrise, built in the 11th century by Suryavarman the 2nd - Cambodia
Mozarabic Art - 11th century - ""Liber Ordinum"" - Calendar - Month of July and August (1052)
Stone temple representing one of the five peaks of Mount Meru at Angkor Wat, built in the 11th century by Suryavarman the 2nd...
Stone temple representing one of the five peaks of Mount Meru at Angkor Wat, built in the 11th century by Suryavarman the 2nd - Cambodia
The Great Clobular Cluster in Hercules, also known as Messier 13 or NGC 6205, is a globular cluster in the Hercules constella...
The Great Clobular Cluster in Hercules, also known as Messier 13 or NGC 6205, is a globular cluster in the Hercules constellation
England, Cheshire, Jodrell Bank. Underside of the Lovell Telescope, the third largest steerable dish radio telescope in the w...
England, Cheshire, Jodrell Bank. Underside of the Lovell Telescope, the third largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world, at Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Achernar A exhibits a very rapid rate of rotation that makes its equatorial region more than 50% wider than the poles. Due to...
Achernar A exhibits a very rapid rate of rotation that makes its equatorial region more than 50% wider than the poles. Due to the gravity differentials, the polar regions are generally much hotter and brighter than the equatorial regions.
France - 13th century - Albertus Magnus, On the Nature of Things (De Natura Rerum). Illuminated manuscript from Saint-Amand A...
France - 13th century - Albertus Magnus, On the Nature of Things (De Natura Rerum). Illuminated manuscript from Saint-Amand Abbey. Folio 197, recto: Lunar eclipse and planets' movement compared with the moon and the sun
Artist's concept showing how Uranus might look from a position in space several hundred thousand miles above its south pole
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Very Large Array (VLA) Telescope, Plains of San Agustin east of Magdalena, New Mexico.
NGC 4651, the Umbrella Galaxy. Not even the star streams of a long lost satellite galaxy dampen the clarity of this image fea...
NGC 4651, the Umbrella Galaxy. Not even the star streams of a long lost satellite galaxy dampen the clarity of this image featuring NGC 4651, the Umbrella Galaxy.
C.E.R.N, CERN, Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland, Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire, European Organizat...
C.E.R.N, CERN, Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland, Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire, European Organization for Nuclear Research
Artist's concept of how Mars and its tiny satellite Phobos might appear from a distance of about 100 miles from Phobos' surfa...
Artist's concept of how Mars and its tiny satellite Phobos might appear from a distance of about 100 miles from Phobos' surface
Io is Jupiter's innermost large satellite and is about the same size and density as Earth's Moon
C.E.R.N., CERN, Universe of Particles exibition, Geneva, Galileo Galilei Square, Switzerland, Organisation Européenne pour la...
C.E.R.N., CERN, Universe of Particles exibition, Geneva, Galileo Galilei Square, Switzerland, Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire, European Organization for Nuclear Research
MOSAICO COSMOLOGICO - NOTO (VIENTO DEL SUR) - SIGLO II. Location: CASA DEL MITREO, BADAJOZ, SPAIN.
A wide field shot (15 degrees) centered on the Eta Carina nebula, featuring several southern deep sky objects like the southe...
A wide field shot (15 degrees) centered on the Eta Carina nebula, featuring several southern deep sky objects like the southern pleiades and the Running Chicken Nebula.
A blurring of colors of planets and stars mixed together in an ever-changing nebula, or maybe it's just a dream, who knows? T...
A blurring of colors of planets and stars mixed together in an ever-changing nebula, or maybe it's just a dream, who knows? There are places in the cosmos where the surreal is the reality, a fusion of time and space
A sci-fi conceptual image depicting an area of space where different dimensional universes meet, and portals to them open.
The bluish spectral type B3V star Achernar has such a high rate of rotation that a disk of glowing gases, seen here in this r...
The bluish spectral type B3V star Achernar has such a high rate of rotation that a disk of glowing gases, seen here in this representation head on, is flung from its equatorial region. The star's shape is also distorted by centripetal forces, making it very highly oblate.
A planet and its moon resisting the relentless heat of the giant orange sun Pollux. Every sun has a violent cycle in which so...
A planet and its moon resisting the relentless heat of the giant orange sun Pollux. Every sun has a violent cycle in which solar activity increases and the planets around it must face its wrath.
The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, is notable for being one of the brightest Messier objects, m...
The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, is notable for being one of the brightest Messier objects, making it easily visible to the naked eye even when viewed from areas with moderate light pollution
Messier 13 or M13 (also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globu...
Messier 13 or M13 (also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster), is a globular cluster in the constellation of Hercules
As seen from a distant planet: a star of intermediate mass is expelling its outer layers as it reaches the end of its lifetim...
As seen from a distant planet: a star of intermediate mass is expelling its outer layers as it reaches the end of its lifetime
C.E.R.N, CERN, Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland, Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire, European Organizat...
C.E.R.N, CERN, Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland, Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire, European Organization for Nuclear Research
Kepler 11 has been discovered to host a solar system of at least six planets with comparable sizes to the Earth
The Black Eye Galaxy, Messier 64, has a prominent dust structure first observed by William Herchel in 1785, who referred to i...
The Black Eye Galaxy, Messier 64, has a prominent dust structure first observed by William Herchel in 1785, who referred to it as a Black Eye in Coma Berenices.
South America, Peru, La Libertad, Trujillo, detail of a mural on the Moche Temple of the Moon showing a detail of what is tho...
South America, Peru, La Libertad, Trujillo, detail of a mural on the Moche Temple of the Moon showing a detail of what is thought be either the Moche creation myth or a cosmological map
Artist's concept of the cosmic wonders of the universe, such as stars, galaxies, planets, nebulae, comets and more.
Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses VI, painted ceiling illustrating Book of the Day and Book of the Ni...
Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses VI, painted ceiling illustrating Book of the Day and Book of the Night cosmology from 20th dynasty
A close up of the Orion Nebula, also known as Messier 42 or NGC 1976, is a diffuse nebula situated south of Orion's Belt
From the desolate surface of a nearly airless pulsar planet, a faint region of excited plasma can be seen near the pulsar sun
Markarian's Chain Galaxies showing Messier 84, Messier 86, Messier 87, Messier 88, and Messier 90
CERN, Universe of Particles exibition, Geneva, Galileo Galilei Square, Switzerland, Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche...
CERN, Universe of Particles exibition, Geneva, Galileo Galilei Square, Switzerland, Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire, European Organization for Nuclear Research
Illustration comparing the size of extrasolar planet Gliese 581 c (right) with that of the Earth (left)
The people of this world have managed to poison their atmosphere by building a giant domed city in an asteroid crater as a la...
The people of this world have managed to poison their atmosphere by building a giant domed city in an asteroid crater as a last refuge
Maia is the only major star of the Pleiades Cluster that does not rotate rapidly, and thus is relatively more spherical than ...
Maia is the only major star of the Pleiades Cluster that does not rotate rapidly, and thus is relatively more spherical than ellipsoid in shape
NGC 3603 (left) and NGC 3576 (right) are two of the most luminous HII regions in our galaxy but their juxtaposition is really...
NGC 3603 (left) and NGC 3576 (right) are two of the most luminous HII regions in our galaxy but their juxtaposition is really an illusion
The Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster are located in the constellation of Monoceros as a tall column of dust and gas
Myanmar, Burma Mingun, near Mandalay Hsinbyume Paya Stupa, completed 1816 Seven wavy terraces around the stupa represent the ...
Myanmar, Burma Mingun, near Mandalay Hsinbyume Paya Stupa, completed 1816 Seven wavy terraces around the stupa represent the seven mountain ranges around Mt Meru, center of the universe in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology
The Pelican Nebula, also known as IC 5070 and IC 5067, is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the cons...
The Pelican Nebula, also known as IC 5070 and IC 5067, is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus
Gliese 229B, seen above to the left as it is transited by another nearby world, was the first brown dwarf discovered
Epsilon Eridani is another factual solar system similar to our own. Scientists put this system on a promising list of potenti...
Epsilon Eridani is another factual solar system similar to our own. Scientists put this system on a promising list of potential life-bearing planets due to the their position within the habitable zone of their home star.
England, Cheshire, Jodrell Bank. The Lovell Telescope, the third largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world, at Jodr...
England, Cheshire, Jodrell Bank. The Lovell Telescope, the third largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world, at Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Lambda is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals lambda has a value of 30. The letter is wide...
Lambda is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals lambda has a value of 30. The letter is widely used in mathematics, astrophysics, crystal optics, neurobiology, electrochemistry and cosmology. The Greek alphabet has an impo
Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses VI, painted ceiling illustrating Book of the Day and Book of the Ni...
Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses VI, painted ceiling illustrating Book of the Day and Book of the Night cosmology from 20th dynasty
On the outer fringes of a distant solar system, a methane clouded ice giant is depicted in the sky of one of its icy, tholin-...
On the outer fringes of a distant solar system, a methane clouded ice giant is depicted in the sky of one of its icy, tholin-covered moons
Lightning has been observed in Venus' clouds, however it is not known if lightning strikes the surface as well
61 Cygni is a nearby binary pair of orange dwarf stars located 11 light years away in the constellation Cygnus
The Lagoon Nebula is a bright, diffuse nebula in the southern constellation Sagittarius; cataloged as M8 or NGC 6526
EZ Aquarii is a star system comprised of three low mass red dwarfs located approximately 11 light years away in the constella...
EZ Aquarii is a star system comprised of three low mass red dwarfs located approximately 11 light years away in the constellation Aquarius
Stone temples representing Mount Meru at Angkor Wat & reflection pond, built in the 11th century by Suryavarman the 2nd, - Ca...
Stone temples representing Mount Meru at Angkor Wat & reflection pond, built in the 11th century by Suryavarman the 2nd, - Cambodia
The sun seen from the surface of Mercury looms three times larger in the sky than it does from the Earth
Believers in the fictional planet Niburu (or Planet X) think that it will pass close to the earth, causing great devastation
The Iris Nebula, also known as NGC 7023 and Caldwell 4, is a bright reflection nebula and Caldwell object in the constellatio...
The Iris Nebula, also known as NGC 7023 and Caldwell 4, is a bright reflection nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cepheus
Myanmar, Burma Mingun, near Mandalay Hsinbyume Paya Stupa, completed 1816 Seven wavy terraces around the stupa represent the ...
Myanmar, Burma Mingun, near Mandalay Hsinbyume Paya Stupa, completed 1816 Seven wavy terraces around the stupa represent the seven mountain ranges around Mt Meru, center of the universe in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology
IC 2944, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula or the Lambda Cen Nebula, is an open cluster with an associated emission ne...
IC 2944, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula or the Lambda Cen Nebula, is an open cluster with an associated emission nebula found in the constellation Centaurus
CERN, Universe of Particles exibition, Geneva, Galileo Galilei Square, Switzerland, Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche...
CERN, Universe of Particles exibition, Geneva, Galileo Galilei Square, Switzerland, Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire, European Organization for Nuclear Research
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