http://www.newsweek.com/embargo-0001-thursday-july-19-astronomy-photographer-year-2018-stunning-space-1030663

The competition is now in its tenth year and continues to go from strength to strength, receiving over 4,200 spectacular entries from enthusiastic amateurs and professional photographers, from 91 countries around the globe. This year has also seen a phenomenal increase in entries from our aspiring young astrophotographers.

The judges have gone through this year’s entries and chosen their shortlist of the best images. These include a glorious photo of the Milky Way looming over a thunderstorm lighting up the sky, a striking image of the Northern Lights refracted through icicles in Lapland, and a majestic image of deep space framed by the Breiðamerkurjökull, the glacial tongue that extends from the largest glacier in Europe.