This is the view of our planet from Apollo 13 on it's way to the moon

      This NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image reveals a pair of one-half light-year long interstellar "twisters"
        -- eerie funnels and twisted-rope structures -- in the heart of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8)which lies 5,000
                         light-years away in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.
 
 
 

      An extended view of the Trapezium showing the four energetic massive stars and a plethora of Sun-like stars with
       surrounding extended emission. The Trapezium is located in the center of the Orion nebula seen here as a blue
       background glow. Note how the material surrounding the Sun-like stars produces a cometary structure with a
                 bright head and a tail pointing directly away from the energetic central massive stars.
 
 
 

COLLISION OF THE MILKY WAY AND ANDROMEDA GALAXIES
 
 

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HUBBLE PROBES THE COMPLEX HISTORY OF A DYING STAR

       This Hubble Space Telescope image shows one of the most complex planetary nebulae ever seen, NGC 6543,
  nicknamed the "Cat's Eye Nebula".