How to Pluck a Spectrum from a Planet

The Dirt on Andromeda

Virgo Galaxy Cluster

WISE Peers into the Stellar Darkness

Omega Centauri

Stellar Rubble May be Planetary Building Blocks (Artist Concept)

Little Galaxies Pack a Big Punch

Hubble Spies Spectacular Sombrero

Diverse Group of Galaxy Types, NGC 3190 Field

Misty Star in the Sea Serpent

An Unwelcome Place for New Stars (artist concept)

WISE Unveils a Treasure Trove of Beauty

Globular Cluster NGC 1851 in the Southern Constellation Columba

The Evolution of a Planet-Forming Disk (Artist's Concept Animation)

A Shocking Surprise in Stephan's Quintet

Multi-Wavelength Views of Messier 81

Galaxy Messier 83

Surprise Ultraviolet Party in the Sky

Face on Barred and Ringed Spiral Galaxy NGC 3351

Galactic Dust Bunnies Found to Contain Carbon After All

Devastated Stellar Neighborhood

Dark Murky Clouds in the Bright Milky Way

Tour of Planet with Extreme Temperature Swings

Ghostly Remnant of an Explosive Past

Towering Infernos

NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet (Artist Concept)

The King of Rings

Herschel's View of 'Lockman Hole'

Dwarf Galaxy Spotted

Infrared Rose

Planetary Building Blocks Found in Surprising Place

The Hustle and Bustle of our Solar System

Peculiar Features in Patterns of Ancient Light

Little Galaxy Explored

Fire within the Antennae Galaxies

Spectrum from Embedded Star in Herbig-Haro 46/47

Distant Galaxy Bursts with Stars

Groth Deep Image

Young Stars Emerge from Orion's Head

Blowin' in the Stellar Wind

Gas Giants Form Quickly (Artist Concept)

Black Hole Spills Kaleidoscope of Color

Dusty Dead Star

An Extended Stellar Family

Black Holes: Monsters in Space (Artist's Concept)

Supernova Remnant in 3-D

NGC 3627: Revealing Hidden Black Holes

Rotten Egg Nebula

Forecasting Weather on Distant Worlds (Artist Concept)

GALEX 1st Light Near Ultraviolet

It's Raining Comets (Artist's Concept)