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The spider part of The Spider and the Fly nebulae, IC 417 abounds in star formation, as seen in this infrared image...
This image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows an exceptionally bright source of radio emission called DR21.
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope exposes the depths of this dusty nebula with its infrared vision, showing stellar...
This image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer highlights several star-forming regions. There are five...
In the quest to better understand the birth of stars and the formation of new worlds, astronomers have used NASA's...
Shown here in a new image taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space...
In the Perseus spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy, opposite the galactic center, lies the nebula SH 2-235. As seen...
This photograph from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the young star cluster NGC 2362. By studying it, astronomers...
This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows a striking example of what is called a hierarchical...
This artist animation illustrates the universe early years, from its explosive formation to its dark ages to its...
The bright streak of glowing gas and stars in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is known as PGC 51017, or...
Galaxy Evolution Explorer observation of Stephan's Quintet and the nearby galaxy NGC 7331. Blue represents far...
NASA Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer has uncovered a striking population of young stellar objects in a complex...
NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer Mission celebrates its sixth anniversary studying galaxies beyond our Milky Way...
The central parts of the starburst galaxy NGC 1313. The very active state of this galaxy is evident from the image,...
This Chandra X-ray observatory image of M83 shows numerous point-like neutron stars and black hole x-ray sources...
Scientists using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have measured all the starlight produced over 90...
NGC 3603 is a bustling region of star birth in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy, about 20,000...
A disk of hot gas swirls around a black hole in this illustration. Some of the gas came from a star that was pulled...
Morphologies, masses, and structures - oh, my! This beautiful clump of glowing gas, dark dust and glittering stars...
The Hubble Space Telescope has trained its eyes on the Trifid Nebula, a dazzling star nursery 9,000 light-years from...
The drizzle of stars scattered across this image forms a galaxy known as UGC 4879. UGC 4879 is an irregular dwarf...
Artist: Gebing Artist's conception of a newborne star, still hidden in visible light by the dust clouds within which...
This single orbit exposure, ultraviolet color image of Messier 101 was taken by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer on...