Young Stars Emerge from Orion's Head

Dusty Star Stands Out From the Rest

Smokin' Hot Galaxy (animation)

M33: A Close Neighbor Reveals its True Size and Splendor (3-color composite)

Water's Early Journey in a Solar System (Artist Concept)

Scoping the Sisters

Spitzer Reveals Stellar 'Family Tree'

Irregular Dwarf Galaxy IC 1613

Planetary Demolition Derby

Artist's Concept: Active Black Hole Squashes Star Formation

Cepheids as Cosmology Tools

Mini Planetary System (Artist Concept)

Massive Smash-up at Vega (Artist Concept)

Spitzer Sees Water Loud and Clear

Classic Galaxy with Glamour

Young Stars in Their Baby Blanket of Dust

First Look at Milky Way's Monster in High-Energy X-ray Light

Missing Black Holes Found!

Stephan's Quintet

SIRTF "Aliveness Test" Image

Diverse Group of Galaxy Types, NGC 3190 Field

A Real Shooting Star (Artist Concept)

Black Widow Nebula Hiding in the Dust

A New View of the Tarantula Nebula

Beastly Stars and a Bubble

Cosmic Ornament of Gas and Dust

Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds

Probing Exoplanets From the Ground (Artist Concept)

NASA's Great Observatories Witness a Galactic Spectacle

Artist's Impression of Pulsating Object LRLL 54361

Maffei 1 and 2

Pointing X-ray Eyes at our Resident Supermassive Black Hole

Red Giant Plunging Through Space

Centaurus A All Prettied Up in Infrared and X-Rays

A Shocking Surprise in Stephan's Quintet

A Cauldron of Stars at the Galaxy's Center

The Infrared Helix

Planetary Building Blocks Found in Surprising Place

Best Map Ever of the Universe

Nursery of Giants

Star Formation in the Heart of the Swan

Stellar 'Incubators' Seen Cooking up Stars

A Tiny Planet (Artist's Concept)

Portrait of a Galaxy's Life

Galaxy Centaurus A

Stellar Work of Art

Portrait of Our Dusty Past (Artist Concept)

Herschel's Cool Universe (Artist's Concept)

Dark Star-Making Factory

Galaxy NGC 4013

NASA's Galaxy Mission Celebrates Sixth Anniversary