Eye Candy for Space Geeks: 38 Stunning Photos From 'Cosmos'

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes viewers up from the oceans of Earth, out past the sun and into the vast beyond of what we call space, all as a part of Sunday's inaugural episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.

Cosmos is filled with extraordinary photos of the universe and tales of missions to explore it. To coincide with the show's launch, NASA released a slew of their own amazing images of missions or phenomena that are mentioned on the show, the best of which we've compiled below.

In one hour: Join us as #Cosmos premieres. We'll be sharing more about our images & missions that appear on the show. Follow along.

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