Unless Elon Musk has his way in the near future000 Archives most of us probably aren't going to get to go to space. But that doesn't mean we can't admire it from afar.
On Sunday, London's Royal Museums Greenwich unveiled the winners (and the runners up) of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2020. The competition has been running for 12 years now, and this year saw over 5,000 entries from six continents.
From the dancing lights of the aurorae to our swirling neighbour, the Andromeda Galaxy, and with titles provided by the photographers, here are the top of the crop in their respective categories...
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Aurorae
Highly commended: 'Iceland' by Kristina Makeeva. Credit: Kristina Makeeva 
Runner-up: 'Lone Tree under a Scandinavian Aurora' by Tom Archer. Credit: Tom Archer 
Winner: 'The Green Lady' by Nicholas Roemmelt. Credit: Best newcomer
Winner: 'Waves' by Bence Toth. Credit: Bence Toth Galaxies
Highly commended: 'Attack on the Large Magellanic Cloud' by Juan-Carlos Munoz-Mateos. Credit: Juan-Carlos Munoz-Mateos 
Runner-up: 'NGC 3628 with 300,000 Light Year Long Tail' by Mark Hanson. Credit: Mark Hanson 
Winner and overall winner: 'Andromeda Galaxy at Arms Length' by Nicolas Lefaudeux. Credit: Nicolas Lefaudeux Our moon
Highly commended: 'Moon Base' by Daniel Koszela. Credit: Daniel Koszela 
Runner-up: 'HDR Partial Lunar Eclipse With Clouds' by Ethan Roberts. Credit: Ethan Roberts 
Winner: 'Tycho Crater Region with Colours' by Alain Paillou. Credit: Alain Paillou Our sun
Highly commended: 'Ultraviolet' by Alan Friedman. Credit: Alan Friedman 
Runner-up: '145 Seconds of Darkness' by Filip Ogorzelski. Credit: Filip Ogorzelski 
Winner: 'Liquid Sunshine' by Alexandra Hart. Credit: Alexandra Hart People and space
Highly commended: 'AZURE Vapor Tracers' by Yang Sutie. Credit: Yang Sutie 
Runner-up: 'Observe the Heart of the Galaxy' by Tian Li. Credit: Tian Li 
Winner: 'The Prison of Technology' by Rafael Schmall. Credit: Rafael Schmall Planets, comets, and asteroids
Highly commended: 'The Ghost of Alnilam and a Near Earth Asteroid' by Robert Stephens. Credit: Robert Stephens 
Runner-up: 'In the Outer Reaches' by Martin Lewis. Credit: Martin Lewis 
Winner: 'Space Between Us...' by Łukasz Sujka. Credit: Łukasz Sujka Skyscapes
Highly commended: 'Voice of the Universe' by Weijian Chen. Credit: Weijian Chen 
Runner-up: 'Desert Magic' by Stefan Liebermann. Credit: Stefan Liebermann 
Winner: 'Painting the Sky' by Thomas Kast. Credit: Thomas Kast Stars and nebulae
Highly commended: 'The Misty Elephant's Trunk' by Min Xie. Credit: Min Xie 
Runner-up: 'The Dolphin Jumping out of an Ocean of Gas' by Connor Matherne. Credit: Connor Matherne 
Winner: 'Cosmic Inferno' by Peter Ward. Credit: Peter Ward Young competition
Runner-up: 'Detached Prominences' by Thea Hutchinson. Credit: Thea Hutchinson 
Winner: 'The Four Planets and the Moon' by Alice Fock Hang. Credit: Alice Fock Hang Tickets for the 2020 exhibition are available from Sept 14. via the Royal Museum Greenwich website, if you happen to be in London. Otherwise, find the biggest screen you can.
