Here are 19 amazing images from space to end the year on a high note.

Black hole’s shadow

This is the first picture ever taken of a black hole. It is situated in the Messier 87 Galaxy’s center. The picture was created using information gathered by the Event Horizon Telescope, a group of radio observatories. It is possible to observe the shadow of the black hole, which is encircled by a brilliant disk of interstellar gas and whose edge is the event horizon (the point of no return).

Credit: Collaboration for the Event Horizon Telescope

Selfie in space

On his first spacewalk, astronaut David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) captured this selfie.

Next location

Observed from the International Space Station (ISS), a magnificent crescent moon at sunrise You may not be aware, but Canada is aiming for the moon.

Canadian Arctic waterways have ice on them.

One of the first images made utilizing satellite data from the RADARSAT Constellation Mission, launched on March 1, shows the deserted island of Melville Island in the Arctic archipelago in black and white. Both the Viscount Melville Sound (bottom right) and the M’Clure Strait (bottom left) exhibit sea ice.

There are storms everywhere!

We can observe the numerous storms occurring in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere thanks to NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Did you know that the Great Red Spot is the greatest storm in the solar system and is twice the size of Earth?

Agony of Raikoke

Raikoke erupted. A massive plume of volcanic ash and gas can be seen in this image of the Kuril Islands volcano obtained from the International Space Station.

Vibrant Eta Carinae

Infrared light from Eta Carinae illuminates its vibrant colors in this view from the Hubble Telescope. The two spherical clouds of gas and dust were the result of a massive stellar system eruption that started in the late 1830s and lasted for more than 20 years.

Greetings from space!

NASA astronaut Christina Koch captured a picture of the Soyuz MS-15 rocket on its way to the ISS. The Expedition 61/62 crew included Hazza Al Mansouri (United Arab Emirates), Oleg Skripotchka (Roscosmos), and Jessica Meir (NASA).

A view of Newfoundland from space

David Saint-Jacques, a Canadian astronaut, captured this stunning image of Newfoundland while he was in orbit.

Australis aurora

Over the Indian Ocean, the aurora australis puts on a spectacular show! When charged particles and oxygen collide at lower altitudes (between 100 and 300 km), green auroras are created. The lower left-hand corner of the image has Canadarm2.

Interstellar traveler

The second interstellar object to be found in the solar system is comet 2I/Borisov, which was photographed by the Hubble Telescope. The comet will be at its brightest in the southern sky, following its closest approach to the sun. Canada’s NEOSSat space telescope has been routinely watching Borisov since October, in cooperation with astronomers at the University of British Columbia and the National Research Council of Canada.

Going on a ride on Canadarm2.

On April 2, astronaut Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency performed maintenance work outside the International Space Station while linked to Canadarm2. He made repairs to the Station’s cosmic particle detector alongside NASA astronaut Drew Morgan.

Stunning spiral galaxy

The Hubble Telescope took this image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3147, which has a black hole at its center. Dust, nebulas, and blue stars make up its arms.

Z-shaped crater

In a region of Mars called Arabia Terra, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passed across Danielson Crater. The crater has a diameter of around 67 kilometers and is constructed of sedimentary rock coated in sand, which contrasts in color.

Deadly hurricane Dorian

NASA astronaut Christina Koch captured this image, which reveals Hurricane Dorian’s size.

The wavy clouds of Jupiter

This image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft shows the swirling clouds of Jupiter’s atmosphere, some of which reach a depth of nearly 3000 kilometers.

Sea and land

Flooding rains caused muddy waters to spill into the Coral Sea off the northeastern Australian coast, close to the Great Barrier Reef.

Extended Canadarm2

David Saint-Jacques, a CSA astronaut, successfully captured Canadarm2, the robotic arm on the ISS, in its fully extended state. The length of Canadarm2 is 17 meters; did you know that?

A fantastic window seat

During his six-month mission on the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Nick Hague took this striking panorama.