This stunning image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy NGC 5643 in the constellation of Lupus (the Wolf). NGC 5643 is about 60 million light-years away from Earth. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2039a.jpg

An Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with the company’s Cygnus spacecraft aboard, launches at 9:16 p.m. EDT, Friday, October 2, 2020, from t NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/50409544708_5465f65f8c_o.jpg

Camila Morales-Navas conducts final preparations on the Electrochemical Ammonia Removal system prior to parabolic flight testing. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/2_camila-morales-navas-electrochemical-ammonia-removal-system.jpg

The tip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm, also formally known as the Latching End Effector, is pictured as the International Space Station soared over the South Pacific Ocean . http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss063e098775.jpg

ASA spacewalkers (from left) Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy give a thumbs up during a spacewalk to install hardware and upgrade International Space Station systems. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss063e053998.jpg

The beautiful, blushing Iris Nebula is unique amongst its counterparts. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/c4.jpg

​Powerful gushers of energy from seething stars can sculpt eerie-looking figures with long flowing veils of gas and dust. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/download.jpeg

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is seen as she has her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as she and fellow crewmates prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/50477890088_1578f67d72_o.jpg

Scientists have come to realize that, just below the surface, about one third of Mars is covered in ice. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24147.jpg

This Hubble image shows a special class of star-forming nursery known as Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules. Called frEGGs for short, these dark compact globules of dust and gas can give birth to low-mass stars. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2041a.jpg

Two of Orion’s four recently installed solar array wings are exposed and surrounded by the panels that will protect it during launch and ascent. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/p1010816.jpg

This illustration shows the hot, dense, expanding cloud of debris stripped from neutron stars just before they collided. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/neutron_star_merger_still_3.png

On Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample collection mission performed a successful “Touch-And-Go” (TAG) maneuver. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/bennu_particle_jets_0.jpg

An array of 960 microphones is seen here off the end of runway 11 at Boeing’s research facility near Glasgow, Montana. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/20bft00078_109_photosby_paulweatherman.jpg

In this spectacular image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the galaxy NGC 2799 (on the left) is seemingly being pulled into the center of the galaxy NGC 2798 (on the right). http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2042a.jpg

This illustration shows Jezero Crater — the landing site of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24172.jpg

The lightning phenomenon known as a sprite depicted at Jupiter in this illustration. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/1-pia23989-1041.jpg

Active regions on the sun combined to look something like a jack-o-lantern’s face on Oct. 8, 2014. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/halloween_sun_2014_2k.jpg

Night aboard the International Space Station can seemingly look like every spooky sci-fi movie you've ever seen. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/space_station_at_night.jpg

This is the official portrait of the Expedition 1 crew, the first humans to live aboard the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss20th_exp_1_crew_iss001-s-002.jpg