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This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows three baby stars in the bustling center of our Milky Way...
This artist concept shows a view of a number of galaxies sitting in huge halos of stars. The stars are too distant...
Resembling an opulent diamond tapestry, this image from NASA Hubble Space Telescope shows a glittering star cluster...
This artist concept shows the explosion of a massive star, the remains of which are named Cassiopeia A. NASA Spitzer...
Astronomers have discovered some of the youngest stars ever seen thanks to the Herschel space observatory; dense...
This artist concept takes us on a journey to 55 Cancri, a star with a family of five known planets - the most...
The brightest pulsar detected to date is shown in this frame from an animation that flips back and forth between...
This artist concept shows the smallest star known to host a planet. The planet, called VB 10b, was discovered using...
This festive NASA Hubble Space Telescope image resembles a holiday wreath made of sparkling lights. The bright...
NICER engineer Steven Kenyon installs an X-ray detector onto the payload’s detector plate. The detectors are...
A photo taken during the NICER range-of-motion test at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shows the photographer’s...
The NICER payload, blanketed and waiting for launch in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space...
A NICER team member measures the focused optical power of each X-ray concentrator in a clean tent at NASA’s Goddard...
Optics Lead Takashi Okajima prepares to align NICER’s X-ray optics. The payload’s 56 mirror assemblies concentrate...
In Hollywood blockbusters, explosions are often among the stars of the show. In space, explosions of actual stars...
Globular star cluster NGC 362, in a false-color image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. Image credit:...
This NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope picture shows a galaxy named SBS 1415+437 (also called...
The red arc in this infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope is a giant shock wave, created by a speeding...
A star field in the constellation Cepheus is a composite of two 600-second exposures by the Framing Camera acquired...
Radially symmetrical, star dunes dominate the Grand Erg Oriental of the Algerian Sahara, as depicted in this image...
This dazzling infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows hundreds of thousands of stars crowded into the...
This series of images show three evolutionary phases of massive star formation, as pictured in infrared images from...
Astronomers think there are roughly as many brown dwarfs as regular stars like our sun, but brown dwarfs are often...
Saturn tiny moon Atlas, just to the left of the center of the image, appears almost indistinguishable from the...