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NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the supernova remnant 1E0102.2-7219 sits next to the nebula N76 in a bright,...
A rich collection of colorful astronomical objects is revealed in this picturesque image of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud...
This composite of 30 Doradus, the Tarantula Nebula, contains data from Chandra blue, Hubble green, and Spitzer red....
By spying on a neighboring galaxy, NASA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a young, globular-like star...
This image of the microwave sky was synthesized using data spanning the range of light frequencies detected by ESA...
This artist concept shows NASA Voyager spacecraft against a field of stars in the darkness of space as they travel...
These images from NASA GALEX and NuSTAR is of Andromeda, a spiral galaxy like our Milky Way but larger in size. It...
Peering deep inside a cluster of several hundred thousand stars, NASA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered the...
This image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is a view within the constellation Cassiopeia of...
NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer captured this colorful image of the nebula BFS 29 surrounding the star...
Using the unique orbit of NASA Spitzer Space Telescope and a depth-perceiving trick called parallax, astronomers...
This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the nebula nicknamed the Dragonfish. This turbulent...
This infrared image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer shows the Lambda Centauri nebula, a star-forming...
This is a mosaic of the images covering the entire sky as observed by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer WISE,...
The center of the Milky Way galaxy imaged by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope is displayed on a...
This mosaic reveals a panorama of the Milky Way from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. This picture covers only about...
This image is from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer is an observation of the large galaxy in Andromeda, Messier 31....
The galaxy NGC 4395 is shown here in infrared light, captured by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. This dwarf galaxy is...
This enormous section of the Milky Way galaxy is a mosaic of images from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer....
Resembling an opulent diamond tapestry, this image from NASA Hubble Space Telescope shows a glittering star cluster...
This infrared view of the whole sky highlights the flat plane of our Milky Way galaxy line across middle of image....
New data from NASA Cassini spacecraft suggest that the shape of our solar system moving through the local Milky Way...
The galaxy Messier 101 is a swirling spiral of stars, gas, and dust. Messier 101 is nearly twice as wide as our...
The Milky Way and other galaxies in the universe harbor many young star clusters and associations that each contain...