Best Space Photos of the Week - March 31, 2012
By SPACE.com, 31 March 2012.
| 1. Spectacular Video Captures Views of Star Trails from Space |
 Credit: NASA |
While many photographs from space highlight the view of Earth from above, a new video showcases the sight of the stars from a higher vantage point than usual: the International Space Station. [Full Story]
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| 2. Nebula by Starlight |
 Credit: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/Coelum |
Small dust particles in this thin yet gigantic molecular cloud effectively scatter the starlight from surrounding giant blue stars in Orion, especially Rigel, causing the blue glow of reflection nebula IC 2118. [More Images]
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| 3. Riding Along on a Carousel |
 Credit: Roberto Porto |
Skywatcher Roberto Porto caught this amazing scene of the Jupiter, Venus and moon conjunction over a spinning carousel in Costa Adeje, Tenerife, Spain, on March 26, 2012. [More Images]
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| 4. Delivering the Goods |
 Credit: ESA/S. Corvaja |
On Friday March 23, 2012, an Ariane 5 VA205 rocket carrying the third Automated Transfer Vehicle, named Edoardo Amaldi, lifted off from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. The ATV-3, as it is called, will ferry cargo to the International Space Station. The unmanned ATV-3 transports the heaviest load of cargo ever delivered to the station by a robotic spacecraft, the ESA reported. [More Images]
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| 5. Photos of New Supernova Captured by Amateur Astronomers |
 Credit: Parijat Singh |
Skywatchers around the globe have jumped into action to catch a fleeting glimpse of a new star explosion, a supernova to be exact, that erupted into view recently in a nearby galaxy. [Full Story]
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| 6. The Universe in Infrared: Flood of Galaxy Views to Hit Internet This Year |
Credit: G. J. Bendo/JBCA/NASA
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The general public will be able to browse detailed infrared images of more than 200 galaxies from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope later this year when they are publicly released. [Full Story]
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| 7. Two Nebulas Glow Together in Stunning Skywatcher Photo |
 Credit: Bob and Janice Fera |
Two colourful nebulas shine side by side in this skywatching image. Astrophotography duo Bob and Janice Fera took this photo in January, 2012 from Eagle Ridge Observatory, Foresthill, Calif. [Full Story]
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| 8. Photos: Russian Proton Rocket Launches Intelsat 22 Satellite |
 Credit: Khrunichev/Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) |
A Russian Proton rocket soars into the sky in a successful launch of the new Intelsat 22 communications satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 24, 2012. [More Images]
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| 9. New Milky Way Photo Captures 1 Billion Stars |
 Credit: Mike Read (WFAU), UKIDSS/GPS and VVV |
| 10. Huge 'Solar Tornado' Twists Across Sun's Surface in New Video |
 Credit: NASA/SDO/AIA/Aberystwyth University/Li/Morgan/Leonard |
Scientists have discovered huge tornadoes on the sun that spin at speeds approaching 200,000 mph. [Full Story]
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| 11. Latest Saturn Photos From NASA's Cassini Orbiter |
 Credit: NASA/JPL |
| 12. Robonaut 2 and Gloved Astronaut's Hands |
 Credit: NASA |
The International Space Station's first humanoid robot pays homage to Michaelangelo in a photo tribute to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. [Full Story]
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| 13. Cats in Space: Internet Video Pokes Feline Fun at Cosmic Photos |
 Credit: Andy Freeberg |
A hilarious video features a fictional character, named Brant Widgen, who works as an image enhancement engineer whose job primarily focuses on removing cats from the foreground of space photos. [Full Story]
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Top image: Another image of Star Trails from Space
[Source: SPACE.com. Edited. Top image added.]
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