Solar System and Beyond Poster Set

Showcasing the beauty of our solar system and beyond

👥 Rodrigo Alcaraz de la Osa
📆 2020-05-19 ✍️ Last edit: 8e35881af ⏱️ 1 min read 📁 Physics 🏷️ blog, gravitation
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/925/solar-system-and-beyond-poster-set/
Contents

NASA published last year this poster set showcasing the beauty of our solar system and beyond.

In this post I go through the different posters, all of them impressive. Clicking on each of the images you will find its description and a link to download the corresponding poster in high resolution PDF format.

Our Solar System

This artist's rendering shows the eight major planets of our solar system lined up as if they were transiting the Sun. Although such a view would not be possible in reality, the graphic is intended to show the accurate scale of the planets, relative to each other and the Sun. ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/2854_SSE_A_PDF.zip)
This artist’s rendering shows the eight major planets of our solar system lined up as if they were transiting the Sun. Although such a view would not be possible in reality, the graphic is intended to show the accurate scale of the planets, relative to each other and the Sun.
⬇️ High resolution PDF here

The Sun

A [solar flare erupts from the Sun](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/386/sun-emits-a-solstice-flare-and-cme/) as seen by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in 2013. Credit: NASA/SDO ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1405_Sun_A_PDF.zip)
[X-rays stream off the Sun](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/381/sun-shines-in-high-energy-x-rays/) in this image showing observations by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, overlaid on a picture taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1409_Sun_B_PDF.zip)
The Sun [emits a mid-level solar flare](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/768/nasas-sdo-sees-sun-emit-mid-level-flare-oct-1/), as seen by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in 2015. Credit: NASA/SDO ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1413_Sun_C_PDF.zip)
The Sun [blew out a coronal mass ejection](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/1051/brief-outburst/) along with part of a solar filament on Feb. 24, 2015, as seen by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Credit: NASA/SDO ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1417_Sun_D_PDF.zip)

Mercury

A [global map of Mercury's surface](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/532/mercury-false-color-rotation-movie/) created from images obtained by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft. The colors are not what the eye would see, but are related to compositional variations on the surface. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1611_Mercury_A_PDF.zip)
This [mosaic of images](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/1053/the-impressive-rays-of-hokusai) from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft shows the impact crater Hokusai on Mercury. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1615_Mercury_B_PDF.zip)
A [perspective view](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/773/lowlands-in-mercurys-north/) from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, looking towards Mercury's north and colorized by the topographic height of the surface. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1619_Mercury_C_PDF.zip)

Venus

The terrain in the [northern hemisphere of Venus](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/775/venus-computer-simulated-global-view-of-the-northern-hemisphere/), based on radar data from NASA's Magellan mission. Credit: NASA/JPL ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1315_Venus_A_PDF.zip)
A computer-generated, three-dimensional [perspective view of Sapas Mons](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/774/venus-3-d-perspective-view-of-sapas-mons/) on the surface of Venus, based on radar data from NASA's Magellan mission. Credit: NASA/JPL ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1319_Venus_B_PDF.zip)

Earth

In 2002, NASA scientists stitched together strips of [natural color images of Earth](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/786/blue-marble-2002/), collected over four months from the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite. Credit: NASA's Earth Observatory ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1445_Earth_A_PDF.zip)
[Florida, the Bahamas and Cuba](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/851/florida-the-bahamas-and-cuba/) as seen by the International Space Station. Credit: JSC Earth Science & Remote Sensing Unit/ARES Division/Exploration Integration Science Directorate ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1449_Earth_B_PDF.zip)
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured [this unique view of Earth](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/459/nasa-releases-new-high-resolution-earthrise-image/) from the spacecraft's vantage point in orbit around the Moon. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1453_Earth_C_PDF.zip)
In 2002, NASA scientists stitched together strips of [natural color images of Earth](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/786/blue-marble-2002/), collected over four months from the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite. Credit: NASA's Earth Observatory ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1457_Earth_D_PDF.zip)
NASA’s Terra satellite caught a glimpse of plumes rising from [volcanoes](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/1040/plumes-over-the-kamchatka-peninsula/) in the Kamchatka Peninsula in January 2018. Credit: NASA's Earth Observatory ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1461_Earth_E_PDF.zip)
In this image from NASA's Landsat 8 satellite, [several glaciers flow into the Shimshal Valley](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/819/when-glaciers-and-rivers-collide/). Credit: NASA Earth Observatory ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1465_Earth_F_PDF.zip)

Earth’s Moon

This [view of the Moon](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/843/rare-full-moon-on-christmas-day/) was created with images taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1493_Moon_A_PDF.zip)
An Apollo 17 astronaut [standing on the lunar surface](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/794/apollo-17-astronaut-and-united-states-flag-on-lunar-surface/). Credit: NASA ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1497_Moon_B_PDF.zip)
Astronaut James Irwin works at the [Lunar Roving Vehicle](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/839/apollo-15-on-the-moon/) during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. Credit: NASA ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1501_Moon_C_PDF.zip)
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, [walks on the surface of the Moon](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/840/apollo-11-buzz-aldrin/) near a leg of the Lunar Module during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. Credit: NASA ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1505_Moon_D_PDF.zip)
A [glimpse of the Moon](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/841/moon-over-earth/) through the Earth’s atmosphere, as seen from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1509_Moon_E_PDF.zip)
On its way to explore the Jupiter system in December 1992, NASA's Galileo spacecraft obtained [this view of the Moon](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/800/earths-moon/). Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1513_Moon_F_PDF.zip)
This photograph, taken during the second Apollo 12 extravehicular activity, shows [two U.S. spacecraft on the surface of the Moon](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/821/apollo-12-and-surveyor-3/): the Apollo 12 Lunar Module in the background, with the robotic Surveyor 3 spacecraft in the foreground. Credit: NASA/JSC ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1517_Moon_G_PDF.zip)
Scientist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt [stands by the American flag](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/760/a-scientist-on-the-moon/) during a moonwalk on the Apollo 17 mission. Credit: NASA ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1521_Moon_H_PDF.zip)
A close-up view of [an astronaut's bootprint](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/759/close-up-view-of-astronauts-footprint-in-lunar-soil/) in the lunar soil, photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the Moon. Credit: NASA/JSC ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1525_Moon_I_PDF.zip)

Mars

A [mosaic of the Valles Marineris hemisphere of Mars](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/683/mars-valles-marineris-hemisphere-enhanced/), created with images from NASA's Viking orbiters, projected into point perspective--a view similar to that which one would see from a spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1569_1569_Mars_A_PDF.zip)
A self-portrait of [NASA's Curiosity Mars rover](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/801/curiosity-self-portrait-at-mojave-site-on-mount-sharp/) in Gale Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1573_1573_Mars_B_PDF.zip)
This [look back at a dune](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/464/curiositys-color-view-of-martian-dune-after-crossing-it/) that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover crossed was taken by the rover's Mast Camera in February 2014. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1577_1577_Mars_C_PDF.zip)

Asteroids

[This view of the asteroid 243 Ida](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/777/asteroid-ida-five-frame-mosaic/) was acquired by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on Aug. 28, 1993, about 3-1/2 minutes before the spacecraft made its closest approach to Ida. Credit: NASA/JPL ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1285_Asteroids_A_PDF.zip)
NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained [this image of the protoplanet Vesta](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/414/a-last-look-back-at-vesta/) in 2012, looking down at Vesta's north pole as the spacecraft was departing. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1289_Asteroid_B_PDF.zip)

Ceres

The dwarf planet Ceres is shown in a [false-color rendering](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/846/ceres-rotation-and-occator-crater/), which highlights differences in surface materials. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1421_Ceres_A_PDF.zip)
This view of Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in December 2015, shows [an area in the southern hemisphere of the dwarf planet](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/625/dawns-lowest-orbit-near-south-pole/?category=planets/dwarf-planets_ceres). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1425_Ceres_B_PDF.zip)
This [image of Ceres](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/792/dawn-rc3-image-3/) is part of a sequence taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2015. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1429_Ceres_C_PDF.zip)

Jupiter

This [true color mosaic of Jupiter](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/629/cassini-jupiter-portrait/) was constructed from images taken by the narrow angle camera onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft in December 2000. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1556_Jupiter_A_PDF.zip)
This true color mosaic of Jupiter was constructed from images taken by the narrow angle camera onboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in December 2000. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
⬇️ High resolution PDF here

Io

NASA's Galileo spacecraft caught Jupiter's moon Io, the planet’s third-largest moon, undergoing a volcanic eruption. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1481_Io_B_PDF.zip)
NASA's Galileo spacecraft acquired [this view of Io](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/808/global-image-of-io-true-color/) in July 1999, and approximates what the human eye would see. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1477_Io_A_PDF.zip)

Europa

Jupiter's icy moon Europa looms large in this [color view](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/204/europas-stunning-surface/), made from images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1469_Europa_A_PDF.zip)
This enhanced color image of the [young impact crater Pwyll](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/108/pwyll-crater-on-europa/) on Jupiter's moon Europa was produced by combining low resolution color data with a higher resolution mosaic of images obtained in December 1996 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1473_Europa_B_PDF.zip)

Ganymede

This view of the [Nicholson Regio/Arbela Sulcus region](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/813/regional-view-of-bright-and-dark-terrain/), taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, shows the stark contrast between the smooth bright terrain and the surrounding highly fractured dark terrain. Credit: NASA/JPL/Brown University/Doug Ellison ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1353_Ganymede_A_PDF.zip)
This view of the Nicholson Regio/Arbela Sulcus region, taken by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, shows the stark contrast between the smooth bright terrain and the surrounding highly fractured dark terrain. Credit: NASA/JPL/Brown University/Doug Ellison
⬇️ High resolution PDF here

Callisto

This [mosaic of images](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/812/callisto-mosaic/) from NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft in March 1979 shows details as small as six miles (10 kilometers) across. Credit: NASA/JPL ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1345_Callisto_B_PDF.zip)
Bright scars on a darker surface testify to a long history of impacts on Jupiter's moon Callisto in [this image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/811/global-callisto-in-color/). Credit: NASA/JPL/DLR ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1349_Callisto_A_PDF.zip)

Saturn

NASA's Cassini spacecraft bid farewell to the Saturnian system by capturing this [last, full mosaic](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/657/a-farewell-to-saturn/) of Saturn and its rings two days before the spacecraft's dramatic plunge into the planet's atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1583_Saturn_A_PDF.zip)
In July 2013, in an event celebrated the world over, NASA's Cassini spacecraft slipped into Saturn's shadow and [turned to image the planet](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/185/the-day-the-earth-smiled/), seven of its moons, its inner rings —and, in the background, our home planet, Earth (blue dot at lower left). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1587_Saturn_B_PDF.zip)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this view of [Saturn during its equinox](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/658/the-rite-of-spring/) in 2009. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1591_Saturn_C_PDF.zip)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft delivered [this glorious view of Saturn](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/664/a-splendor-seldom-seen/), taken while the spacecraft was in the planet's shadow. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1595_Saturn_D_PDF.zip)

Titan

NASA's Cassini spacecraft [looks toward the night side of Titan](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/799/highlighting-titans-hazes/) in a view that highlights the extended, hazy nature of the moon's atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1393_Titan_A_PDF.zip)
Ligeia Mare, shown here in a [false-color image from NASA's Cassini mission](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/183/vast-ligeia-mare-in-false-color/), is the second largest known body of liquid on Saturn's moon Titan. It is filled with liquid hydrocarbons, such as ethane and methane. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/Cornell ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1397_Titan_B_PDF.zip)
The Cassini spacecraft [looks down on the north pole of Titan](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/798/colorful-northern-crescent/), showing night and day in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's largest moon. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1401_Titan_C_PDF.zip)

Enceladus

As it swooped past the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus in July 2005, Cassini acquired [high resolution views](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/214/zooming-in-on-enceladus-mosaic/) of this puzzling world of ice and oceans. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1529_Enceladus_A_PDF.zip)
[Cassini images of Enceladus](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/807/fountains-of-enceladus-image-2/) backlit by the Sun show the fountain-like sources of the fine spray of material that towers over the south polar region. The greatly enhanced and colorized image shows the enormous extent of the fainter, larger-scale component of the plume. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institutes ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1533_Enceladus_B_PDF.zip)
In October 2008, just after coming within about 15 miles (25 kilometers) of the surface of Enceladus, NASA's Cassini captured [this stunning mosaic](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/137/a-tectonic-feast/) as the spacecraft sped away from this geologically active moon of Saturn. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1537_Enceladus_C_PDF.zip)
[Dramatic plumes](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/806/bursting-at-the-seams-the-geyser-basin-of-enceladus/), both large and small, spray water ice and vapor from many locations along the famed *tiger stripes* near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1541_Enceladus_D_PDF.zip)

Uranus

A [view of the planet Uranus](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/599/uranus-as-seen-by-nasas-voyager-2/) captured by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986. Credit: NASA/JPL ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1380_Uranus_A_PDF.zip)
A [view of the planet Uranus](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/797/uranus/) taken by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986. Credit: NASA/JPL ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1384_Uranus_B_PDF.zip)
This [infrared composite image of Uranus and its rings](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/605/keck-telescope-views-of-uranus/) comes from the Keck Telescope. Credit: Lawrence Sromovsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison/W.W. Keck Observatory ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1389_Uranus_C_PDF.zip)

Neptune

This [picture of Neptune](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/611/neptune-full-disk-view/) came from NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. Credit: NASA/JPL ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1485_Neptune_A_PDF.zip)
A view of Neptune [from NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/842/neptune-august-31-1989/) in 1989. Credit: NASA/JPL/Kevin M. Gill ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1489_Neptune_B_PDF.zip)

Pluto

A color view of Pluto, [as seen in July 2015 by NASA's New Horizons mission](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/855/color-pluto/). Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1599_Pluto_A_PDF.zip)
A look at the mountains and plains of Pluto, [as seen in July 2015 by NASA's New Horizons mission](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/796/closer-look-majestic-mountains-and-frozen-plains/). Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1603_Pluto_B_PDF.zip)
Scientists with NASA's New Horizons mission used [enhanced color images like this one](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/699/pluto-dazzles-in-false-color/) to detect differences in the composition and texture of Pluto’s surface. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1607_Pluto_C_PDF.zip)

Comets

A mosaic comprising [four individual images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/788/rosetta-comet/) from the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission in November 2014. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1433_Comets_A_PDF.zip)
A view of [comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/790/comet-jet-in-3d/) based on two images acquired by the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1437_Comets_B_PDF.zip)
A section of [the smaller of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko’s two lobes](https://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/images/comet-67p/churyumov-gerasimenko/comet-8-km) as seen by the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission in October 2014. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1441_Comets_C_PDF.zip)

Beyond Our Solar System

This [artist's concept](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/285/the-milky-way-galaxy/) illustrates the spiral structure of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC/Caltech) ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1294_Beyond_A_PDF.zip)
The region around the center of our Milky Way galaxy glows colorfully in [this image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/496/stars-gather-in-downtown-milky-way/). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1323_Beyond_B_PDF.zip)
The Eagle Nebula’s *Pillars of Creation*, as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This image [shows the pillars as seen in visible light](https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1501a/). Credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1327_Beyond_C_PDF.zip)
Cassiopeia A, a supernova remnant, [as seen by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory](https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/a-new-stellar-x-ray-reality-show). Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1331_Beyond_D_PDF.zip)
RCW 108 is a region where stars are actively forming within the Milky Way galaxy about 4,000 light years from Earth. [This image](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/762/massive-young-stars-trigger-stellar-birth/) is a composite of X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue) and infrared emission detected by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope (red and orange). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CXO/CfA ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1337_Beyond_E_PDF.zip)
The star cluster NGC 281, known informally as the *Pacman Nebula*, is located about 6,500 light years from Earth. [This image](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/763/the-pacman-nebula/) comes from data from NASA's Chandra space telescope, in purple, with infrared observations from NASA's Spitzer space telescope. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/S.Wolk; IR: NASA/JPL/CfA/S.Wolk ⬇️ High resolution PDF [here](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/1341_Beyond_F_PDF.zip)
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Rodrigo Alcaraz de la Osa
Rodrigo Alcaraz de la Osa
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I have a PhD in Physics and I teach Physics and Chemistry at IES Peñacastillo in Cantabria (Spain).

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