NASA sure knows how to capture the endless beauty of real space. And on Sunday, the space agency decided to connect some of that epic reality with one of the films nominated for this year's Academy Awards.

Hours before the ceremony, NASA tweeted out a couple of its #RealGravity images from life in space, as a way of helping the public connect its real work with the fictional images portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film, Gravity.

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These images alone are enough to make anyone want to explore Space. Many of the photos show Earth at night, space walks and even free flying missions.

Check out some of our favorites below and see the rest at NASA's Flickr page.