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With its helical appearance resembling a snail’s shell, this reflection nebula seems to spiral out from a luminous...
A panoramic view of a vast, sculpted area of gas and dust where thousands of stars are being born has been captured...
Enjoy a moment of Zen with this fly-through of the Orion Nebula, based on images captured by NASA and ESA (European...
Soar through this cosmic landscape filled with bright nebulas, as well as runaway, massive and young stars. The...
Thousands of galaxies flood this near-infrared image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. High-resolution imaging from...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the vibrant core of the galaxy NGC 3125. Discovered by John...
This image, taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the...
What looks much like craggy mountains on a moonlit evening is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming...
The dusty side of the Sword of Orion is illuminated in this striking infrared image from the European Space Agency's...
On a clear evening in April of 1789, the renowned astronomer William Herschel continued his unrelenting survey of...
This striking NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the galaxy UGC 477, located just over 110 million...
The constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) is especially rich in galaxies, due in part to the presence of a massive and...
Bursts of pink and red, dark lanes of mottled cosmic dust, and a bright scattering of stars — this NASA/ESA Hubble...
Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the TV series "Star Trek," which first aired September 8th,1966, this...
At first glance this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image seems to show an array of different cosmic objects, but...
At first glance, this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image seems to show an array of different cosmic objects, but...
This stunning image, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), shows part...
NASA image release August 5, 2010 A beautiful new image of two colliding galaxies has been released by NASA's Great...
NASA image release April 22, 2010 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this billowing cloud of cold interstellar...
This Hubble image shows the central region of a spiral galaxy known as NGC 247. NGC 247 is a relatively small spiral...
It may be famous for hosting spectacular sights such as the Tucana Dwarf Galaxy and 47 Tucanae (heic1510), the...
This image displays a galaxy known as ESO 486-21 (with several other background galaxies and foreground stars...
This false-color image composite from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals hidden populations of newborn stars at...
Showcased at the center of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is an emission-line star known as IRAS...