These Incredible Astronomy Photos Will Give You A Space Boner
The shortlist for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014 has been announced. And wow.

"Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower over Mount Bromo" by Justin Ng (Singapore).

"Orion Nebula" by Anna Morris (USA).

"Centre of the Heart Nebula" by Ivan Eder (Hungary).

"Celestial Dance" by Claus Possberg (Germany).

"NGC 6888" by Mark Hanson (USA).

"Cave With Aurora Skylight" by Ingólfur Bjargmundsson (Iceland).

"Geminid Fireball" by Patrick Cullis (USA).

"What the...!" by Tommy Richardsen (Norway).

"Father and Son Observe Comet PanSTARRS" by Chris Cook (USA).

"Star Trails on the Beach" by Sebastián Guillermaz (Argentina).

"In-flight Entertainment" by Paul Williams (UK).

"The Great Orion Nebula" by Gray Olson (USA).


Left: "Creature" by Ole Christian Salomonsen (Norway). Right: "A Giant's Star Trail" by Rob Oliver (UK).

"Occultation of Jupiter" by Sebastián Guillermaz (Argentina).

"Three Planets in Conjunction" by Lóránd Fényes (Hungary).

"The Turbulent Heart of the Scorpion" by Rolf Wahl Olsen (New Zealand).

"Oxbow Bend Reflections" by David Kingham (USA).
The Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, where you can get your space boner fix for free, from 10.00–17.00 daily.