Spectators at Jetty Park in Cape Canaveral, Fla., watch as Terran I, a 3D-printed rocket by Relativity Space, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station late Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (Photo by Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP Photo)





A picture taken in Fontainebleau, southern Paris on August 13, 2023 shows shooting stars streaking across the Milky Way during the “Nuits des étoiles” (Starry Night), a major annual celebration for astronomy enthusiasts. Since 1991, Nuits des étoiles has been organized by teams of volunteer astronomers. Celestial dust will be the theme of the 2023 edition of Nuits des étoiles, organized by the Association Française d'Astronomie and more than 250 clubs, associations, planetariums and town halls. The celestial spectacle will also be at its peak with the Perseids. The deep sky will be within reach of our telescopes, from the Milky Way north to south, from Cassiopeia and Perseus to Scorpio and Sagittarius, towards the galactic center. (Photo by Miguel Medina/AFP Photo)





Sparks fly in front of the Milky Way. Lit steel wool is spun in front of the stunning cluster of stars and over a pool of water. The scene was pictured in May 2023 by Ganesh Bagal in the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, India, by using a 30 second exposure to capture the stars and movement of sparks. (Photo by Ganesh Bagal/Solent News & Photo Agency)





The Milky Way core rises at 3.00am over Bamburgh Lighthouse in Northumberland on the North East coast of England on Thursday, March 23, 2023. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)





A brilliant image shows the Milky Way rising behind Dunstanburgh Castle in Northumberland, United Kingdom during the late hours on April 18, 2023, combined with the slight glow of the northern lights. (Photo by Lewis Brown/Story Picture Agency)





The Milky Way behind Wilton Windmill in the early hours of Tuesday morning, April 25, 2023, captured using a motorised star tracker. A five-floor brick tower mill located between the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, South West England. (Photo by Nick Bull/Picture Exclusive)





The Milky Way rising above Durdle Door in Dorset, United Kingdom on Saturday night, March 18, 2023. The image consists of 19 two-minute exposures, ten of the foreground and nine of the sky which needed a motorised star tracker to ensure the Milky Way wasn't blurry. All the photos were merged together to reveal more detail than what the naked eye can see. (Photo by Nick Bull/Picture Exclusive)





“The La Palma Astroexperience” by Jakob Sahner; La Palma, Spain. Travel blog Capture The Atlas in the last decade of May 2023 has revealed the sensational images that have wowed the judges to collected honours at the annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year competition. La Palma and the Canary Islands are ideal for astrophotography due to the trade wind clouds that sit at around 1000 meters. Being above these clouds makes it clear enough for capturing images, provided there is no haze or high cirrus clouds. (Photo by akob Sahner/Capture Media Agency)





A light halo above King Alfred's Tower in South Brewham, Somerset, UK on July 26, 2023 created by Will Ferguson using his drone, that was mistaken for a UFO by locals. (Photo by Will Ferguson/Animal News Agency)





This photograph taken on on August 12, 2023, shows a view of the sky during the Perseid meteor shower over the historical Phrygian Valley near Ihsaniye, in the Afyonkarahisar district. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/AFP Photo)





This photo look like were taken on a distant planet but were in fact taken at the Death Valley National Park in California, USA in May 2023. The photo were captured by businessman Phillip Chang by merging two images taken from the same location together – the ground captured during the day and the stars taken at night. (Photo byPhillip Chang/Solent News & Photo Agency)





A view shows stars and meteor trails in the night sky above the Battle of Didgori memorial complex during the Lyrid meteor shower in Didgori, Georgia on April 22, 2023, in this composite image of 28 separate photographs. (Photo by Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters)





A long exposure photo shows the Milky Way galaxy star cluster from Tuban village in Badung, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on March 23, 2023 during Nyepi, the day of silence, when Hindus do not work, travel or take part in any indulgence. (Photo by Dicky Bisinglasi/AFP Photo)





The Bathing House in Howick a small cottage that sits on the Northumberland coastline, United Kingdom under the Milky Way on Thursday, April 20, 2023. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)





The Milky Way is seen on the night sky behind charred trees near the village of Asklipieio, on the island of Rhodes, Greece on July 28, 2023. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/Reuters)