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October’s Spellbinding Space Pictures

OCT 31, 2018
Images of far away, misty nebulas and lurking black holes haunt us this month.
October's Spellbinding Space Pictures lead image

A simulation of ghostly gases swirling around a black hole.

ESO/Gravity Consortium/L. Calçada

(Inside Science) -- In its vast blackness, space holds glittering stars and a rich diversity of alien worlds, but it can hold more mysterious wonders as well. There are nebulas that resemble apparitions, black holes of terrifying depth, and the ghostly remnants of the early universe spread across time and space. This Halloween, enjoy a parade of spellbinding images that may haunt and captivate you.