10 stunning images of Milky Way galaxy captured by NASA

Shared by NASA as the Astronomy Picture of the Day, this image shows the Milky Way arching over the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas in Nepal.

The Milky Way over the Himalayas

This image, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, shows a part of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region in the Milky Way.

The Carina Nebula in the Milky Way

NASA captured this image of the Milky Way galaxy with a 25-second exposure.

The Milky Way over the Grand Canyon

This image, created by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, shows the Milky Way in gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light.

The Gamma-Ray Milky Way

This image, taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, shows the Milky Way’s core in infrared light, revealing a supermassive black hole and millions of stars.

The Galactic Center in Infrared

This image, shared by NASA as the Astronomy Picture of the Day, shows the Milky Way over the Atacama Desert in Chile, one of Earth's driest and darkest places.

The Milky Way over the Atacama Desert

This image, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Bubble Nebula, a shell of gas and dust in the Milky Way.

The Bubble Nebula in the Milky Way

This image of the Milky Way galaxy was captured by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, in collaboration with NASA.

The Milky Way over the ESO telescopes

This image of the Milky Way, created by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, shows the galaxy in radio waves, which are invisible to the human eye.

The Radio Milky Way