7 Stunning Space Pictures Clicked by NASA

The dark side of the moon

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter clicked this picture, providing us with a new look at the place that we humans could have only imagined seeing a few decades ago.

Mercury

The picture is the clearest photo of Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun.

Helix Nebula

This planetary nebula contains cometary knots. It has a main ring with knots consisting of nebulosity which has now been detected in several planetary nebulae.

Saturn

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this picture of the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the solar system, Saturn.

Earth

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this unique view of Earth and the moon's surface.

Andromeda Galaxy

The Andromeda Galaxy or Andromeda Nebula is a spiral galaxy in the Andromeda constellation, the nearest large galaxy.

A close-up to the biggest planet