9 Space Pictures That Look Like Santa, Rudolph, And Other Christmas Things
Monday, December 24, 2012 - 11:30
in Astronomy & Space
It's Santa! Or, nebula IC 2118 in the constellation Orion. NASA/STScI Digitized Sky Survey/Noel CarboniTwas the night before Christmas, when all through the universe, not a star complex was stirring, not even Cygnus X! Merry Christmas from Popular Science. We're taking off a couple days to go spend time with our families. Enjoy these festive space pics in the meantime. Miss you already. Is that the face of jolly old St. Nick, or a million-mile-wide nebula? The gas and dust of the cosmos often align into very familiar scenes from Earth. We've gathered nine space pictures that look just like your favorite Christmas things: Rudolph, snow angels, tree ornaments, and more. Click here to enter the gallery