Best of 2022: Top Astrophotography That Captured the Beauty of the Cosmos

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Astrophotography Taken in 2022

Pillars of Creation Captured by James Webb Space Telescope

Photo:NASA,ESA,CSA,STScI; J. DePasquale, A. Koekemoer, A. Pagan (STScI)

James Webb Space Telescope Captures Mosaic Image of the Tarantula Nebula

Photo:NASA,ESA,CSA,STScI, Webb ERO Production Team

Spiral Galaxies Captured by the James Webb Space Telescope

Photo:NASA,ESA,CSA; image processing byJudy Schmidt(CC BY 2.0)

Butterfly Nebula

Photo:NASA/ESA/Hubble; image processing byWilliam Ostling(APOD)

James Webb Space Telescope Captures Auroras on Jupiter

Photo:NASA,ESA,CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing byJudy Schmidt

Clearest Image of Neptune

Photo:NASA,ESA,CSA,STScI; image processing by Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

The Eye of God in Space

Photo: Connor Matherne (Website|Instagram)

Sun’s Chromosphere

Photo:NSO/AURA/NSF

Square-Shaped Dust Shells

Photo:NASA,ESA,CSA,JWST,MIRI,ERS Program 1349; image processing byJudy Schmidt

Cartwheel Galaxy

Photo:NASA,ESA,CSA,STScI

First Photo by James Webb Space Telescope

Photo: James Webb Space Telescope (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI) (Website|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter)

Photo: Andrew McCarthy (Website|Instagram|Patreon|YouTube)

Astrophotography by Andrew McCarthy and Connor Matherne

Photo: Andrew McCarthy (Website|Instagram|Patreon|YouTube)

Astrophotography by Andrew McCarthy

Photo: Andrew McCarthy (Website|Instagram|Patreon|YouTube)

Milky Way and Total Lunar Eclipse Photo by Dane Smith

Photo: Dane Smith (Website|Instagram|Facebook)

Photo: Paul Cheyne (Website|Instagram)