The field of Astronomy delivered a ton of amazing photos in 2009 and 2010 is shaping up to be even better, thanks to a fleet of new spacecraft and telescopes that will soon be revealing new wonders and mysteries. There is no one better to judge a top 10 than Phil Plait over at Bad Astronomy, a man who has been fighting the good fight against conspiracy theorists, anti-vaccine wackos and anti-evolution nut-cases.

His pick for #1 is excellent, as it shoves the long-standing We Never Went to the Moon conspiracy theory right into the face of gullible idiots. Why? It reveals the actual equipment Apollo astronauts left behind on the surface of the moon: