Green SheenOn February 23, 2016, astronaut Tim Peake of the International Space Station snapped this stunning image of the aurora while flying over the Pacific Ocean northeast of Australia.
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Week's Best Space Pictures: Astronauts Capture Stunning Aurora

A brilliant star glows from within a ghostly blue bubble, and three of Saturn’s moons pose for a family photo.

February 26, 2016

Feed your need for heavenly views of the universe with our picks for the week’s most awe-inspiring space pictures.

This week, a Martian crater shows off its kaleidoscopic color , satellites spot a record-breaking cyclone in the South Pacific Ocean, and astronauts aboard the International Space Station photograph a dazzling aurora hundreds of miles in the air.

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