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Colourful illustration of a nebula with glowing gas clouds and a bright central star

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This page credits all external sources of information and images used throughout the Space Explorer website. All written content is the original work of the student. All images used are either in the Public Domain or are licensed under a Creative Commons licence that permits reuse, with attribution provided below. Reference information sources are also cited for transparency.

Creative Commons Licensing: Images marked as Creative Commons (CC) are free to use with attribution. Public Domain (PD) images have no copyright restrictions. All image creators and source URLs are listed below.

Image Sources

IMAGE 01 solarsystem.jpg

Solar System Diagram (Inner and Outer Planets)

Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Licence: Public Domain (NASA imagery is in the public domain)

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/686/our-solar-system/
IMAGE 02 missionmap.jpg

Space Missions Timeline Graphic

Creator: NASA History Division
Licence: Public Domain (U.S. Government Work)

https://history.nasa.gov/mission_pages.html
IMAGE 03 blackhole.jpg

M87* Black Hole First Direct Photograph

Creator: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

https://eventhorizontelescope.org/press-release-april-10-2019-astronomers-capture-first-image-black-hole
IMAGE 04 andromeda.jpg

Andromeda Galaxy (M31) Wide-Field Image

Creator: Adam Evans (via Wikimedia Commons)
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andromeda_Galaxy_(with_h-alpha).jpg
IMAGE 05 hubble.jpg

Hubble Space Telescope in Orbit

Creator: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team
Licence: Public Domain (NASA imagery is in the public domain)

https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2009/25/2626-Image.html
IMAGE 06 jwst.jpg

James Webb Space Telescope First Deep Field Image

Creator: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
Licence: Public Domain (U.S. Government Work)

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-infrared-image-of-universe-yet
IMAGE 07 spacewalk.jpg

Astronaut Performing Extravehicular Activity (EVA)

Creator: NASA Johnson Space Center
Licence: Public Domain (U.S. Government Work)

https://images.nasa.gov/details/iss063e040016
IMAGE 08 perseverance.jpg

Perseverance Mars Rover Self-Portrait on Mars

Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Licence: Public Domain (U.S. Government Work)

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/images/
IMAGE 09 nebulae.jpg

Colourful Nebula Illustration

Creator: Student-generated illustration using Python (PIL/Pillow library)
Licence: Original Work No external copyright

https://pillow.readthedocs.io/
IMAGE 10 astronaut_profile.jpg

International Space Station Orbit Illustration

Creator: Student-generated illustration using Python (PIL/Pillow library)
Licence: Original Work No external copyright

https://pillow.readthedocs.io/

Information Sources

SOURCE 01

NASA Solar System Exploration

Creator: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov
SOURCE 02

NASA Science: Black Holes

Creator: NASA Science

https://science.nasa.gov/universe/black-holes/
SOURCE 03

NASA History: Human Spaceflight

Creator: NASA History Division

https://history.nasa.gov/humans-in-space.html
SOURCE 04

European Space Agency Our Universe

Creator: ESA (European Space Agency)

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science
SOURCE 05

HubbleSite.org Galaxies

Creator: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

https://hubblesite.org/science/galaxies
SOURCE 06

James Webb Space Telescope Official Site

Creator: NASA / STScI

https://webb.nasa.gov
SOURCE 07

NASA Astronaut Biographies

Creator: NASA Johnson Space Center

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/
SOURCE 08

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

Creator: Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration

https://eventhorizontelescope.org
SOURCE 09

NASA Science Nebulae

Creator: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

https://www.nasa.gov/science/universe/nebulas/

Licence Note: All original written content on this website was authored by the student for COMP2057 at the and is not reproduced from any external source. Factual information has been verified against the academic and institutional sources listed above. All images are Public Domain or Creative Commons licensed with attribution provided above.

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