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You didn’t need a telescope to appreciate the cosmos in 2024. With stunning global auroras, prolific meteor showers and a total solar eclipse witnessed by tens of millions of people, space came to Earth in style this year.

But while many of us were stargazing, ambitious space exploration missions and astronomy campaigns looked far beyond Earth’s atmosphere. From sublime views of deep space to intimate portraits of orbital debris, here are our favorite space photos of the year — and what made them so special.

Nose to the grindstone

(Image credit: JAXA/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University)

On Jan. 19, Japan’s Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft reached the lunar surface. The mission was Japan’s first successful moon landing and the most precise lunar touchdown in history, with the spacecraft (nicknamed “Moon Sniper”) landing approximately 10 meters (33 feet) from its target point. There was one little problem: SLIM landed on its face, rather than on its feet. Despite this hiccup, the lander survived three freezing lunar nights in a row before finally losing contact with Earth in April. A small accompanying robot, named Sora-Q, ejected from the lander as it descended and later took this stunning shot of the stricken lander.

Blood-red eyes

(Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)

Sometimes, when a space telescope gazes into the void, the void gazes back. That was the case in an eerie image of the colliding galaxies IC 2163 (left) and NGC 2207 (right), as seen by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes. Because Webb specializes in detecting infrared wavelengths, the composite image takes on an ominous, bloodshot hue. These canoodling galaxies are active star factories that will one day merge into a single giant structure; until then, the bright cores of the galaxies appear like watchful eyes in the dark.

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