NASA Photos: Here are 5 breathtaking pictures captured in the first half of 2020

For centuries has been a subject of intrigue. Since medieval period, desire for exploration has dominated human minds. And ncy NASA has become torchbearer of this desire since its inception in 1958. satellites installed by ncy NASA are at work round clock and are looking deep into universe and capturing some of its best-hidden secrets in pictures. Re on to find 5 of most breathtaking NASA photos from first half of 2020.

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5 Breathtaking NASA Photos from 2020

Typhoon in South Pacific

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On May 13, 2020, astronauts at International Station snapped im of a typhoon in South Pacific Ocean. im looks surreal with blue colour of oceans seeping through thick blanket formed by dense white clouds. im has w been ded among or NASA Photos. Apart from crew of International Station, re are many Earth-observing satellites which are used for tracking formation and movements of potential hurricanes and or tropical storms wherever y occur on planet.

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Elongated Galaxy

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In above picture, one can witness galaxy NGC 5907 stretching wide across im. outstretching and lumius galaxy is 50 million light-years away from Earth. It appears mysterious with an elongated line of stars and dark dust spre all across its length and breth. 

NGC 5907 is also kwn as Knife Edge Galaxy and is categorised by scientists as a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way. breathtaking im has been captured from NASA’s Hubble Telescope. In im, beautiful spiral arms of Knife Edge galaxy aren’t visible as we are viewing its edge-on. Thus it looks like rim of a plate. This im was posted on NASA Photos gallery on June 26, 2020.  

Knife Edge lies in rrn constellation of Draco. It might t be visible in photo but many sinister-looking streams of stars circle around this galaxy. Scientists believe that remnants of a small dwarf galaxy which was violently torn apart by Knife Edge galaxy and merged with it over 4 billion years ago.

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A Waning Gibbous Moon

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above NASA photo features a waning gibbous Moon. Gibbous Moon is that phase of moon in which its illuminated part is greater in proportion to its semicircle but it’s still less than a circle. As per NASA’s official website, waning gibbous moon was captured im is captured right above Earth's horizon on June 7, 2020, but was posted on June 10, 2020. picture was captured by International Station which was orbiting over Atlantic Ocean at time and h just off coast of African nation of Angola.

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walk and reparations 

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 On June 26, 2020, veteran NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy conducted ir first of two walks. ir purpose was to swap batteries and upgre power systems present on  International Station's Starboard-6 truss structure. Astronaut Behnken appears hard at work while still maintaining his balance firmly. walk was a massive six-hour and seven-minute excursion. two astronauts conducted ir second walk on July 1, 2020, to complete upgres that were initiated in previous one.

Colourful Nebula

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picture of this Planetary Nebula was posted on NASA’s official website on June 23, 2020. Acting as nuclear fusion engines, most stars live unperturbed lives for hundreds of millions to billions of years. But se calm celestial objects turn crazy towards end of ir life. Some of m can turn into crazy whirligigs. y might even puff off shells and jets of hot gas that can travel several light years far. This im features NGC 7027 which resembles a jewel bug or maybe an insect with a fantastically a colourful metallic shell.

While Hubble first spotted this planetary Nebula in 1998, recently, NGC 7027's central star was identified for first time by using Hubble's unique abilities. se near-ultraviolet observations will help scientists to understand how much dust actually obscures star and perhaps also how hot star really is. NGC 7027 is approximately 3,000 light-years away in constellation Cygnus and also from Earth.