Felipe Finger (R), the head of the Special Inspection Group from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), and his colleague use night vision goggles during an operation against illegal mining in Yanomami Indigenous land, Roraima state, Brazil, on December 4, 2023. (Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)





A meteor burns up in the sky over al-Abrak desert north of Kuwait City during the annual Geminid meteor shower early on December 15, 2023. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP Photo)





Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks pays a visit to Stonehenge in Wiltshire in the last decade of March 2024. The photo consists of two photos merged together, one 60-second exposure of the sky using a motorised sky tracker and one 90-second photo of Stonehenge to reveal more detail than the naked eye can see. (Photo by Nick Bull/Picture Exclusive)





The blinking lights of a plane streak through the Aurora Borealis visible over Lake Berryessa, California on May 11, 2024. (Photo by Carlos Avila Gonzalez/AP Photo)





The Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights, is faintly seen over the Atlantic Ocean to the left of the Milky Way from Santa Monica beach near Jose Ignacio, Maldonado Department, Uruguay, on May 11, 2024, with the lights of Punta del Este glowing on the right. The most powerful solar storm in more than two decades struck Earth, triggering spectacular celestial light shows from Tasmania to Britain – and threatening possible disruptions to satellites and power grids as it persists into the weekend. (Photo by Mariana Suarez/AFP Photo)





A view shows the lights of an aurora australis caused by a geomagnetic storm over Villarrica volcano, in Pucon, Chile on May 10, 2024. (Photo by Cristobal Saavedra Escobar/Reuters)





The aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, illuminate the sky just before midnight over St Aidan's church in Thockrington, Northumberland, UK on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)





This photograph of the freezing night sky “swirling around the North Star” over St Hubert’s Church in Idsworth, Hampshire, UK was created over two and a half hours using 250 images in the first decade of January 2024. (Photo by Chris Gorman/Big Ladder)





Kevin Jay and Nigel Cox painting with light coloured LED lights during a 54-second exposure on the beach at Frinton-on-Sea in Essex, UK on January 19, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Jay/Picture Exclusive)





The Milky Way over The Bathing House in Howick, near Alnwick, Northumberland in North East England on February 7, 2024. Twenty separate two-minute exposures taken using a motorised star tracker were merged to reveal more detail than the naked eye can see. (Photo by Ian Sproat/Picture Exclusive)





Photographer captures stunning display of stars to celebrate Star Wars Day. Daniel Sands headed to Portland Bill lighthouse, UK during the peak of the Eta Aquarid Meteor shower to photograph the stars for Star Wars day, today, May 4th. (Photo by South West News Service)





The Milky Way arcs over Bamburgh Lighthouse, in Northumberland on the North East coast of England on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)





A view shows the Milky Way in a starry sky, in Punta del Arbol, Chile on May 12, 2024. (Photo by Joel Estay/Reuters)





This photograph shows the UNESCO World Heritage site Mont-Saint-Michel at sunset on May 11, 2024. (Photo by Fred Tanneau/AFP Photo)





Nick Bull captured the Geminid meteor shower above Stonehenge in Wiltshire, UK on December 14, 2023. (Photo by Nick Bull/Picture Eexclusive)