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

Herschel's Cool Universe (Artist's Concept)

NGC 7380

Map of Matter in the Universe

The Sombrero Galaxy's Split Personality

Devastated Stellar Neighborhood

Standard Candle in the Wind

Galaxy Centaurus A

Star Formation in the Heart of the Swan

Planck's View of Orion

Dusty Death of a Massive Star

Menkhib and the California Nebula

Galaxy M82

Galactic Bubble

Stephan's Quintet

Massive Smash-up at Vega (Artist Concept)

Cygnus Loop Nebula

Mira's Tail There All Along

Star-Studded Strings around Cocoon Nebula

Galaxy NGC 3079

Planetary Demolition Derby

UX Tau A (Artist Concept)

Hidden Patterns of Light Revealed by Spitzer

WISE Eyes Evolution of Massive Stars

Our Neighbor Andromeda

Galaxies Burn Bright Like High-Wattage 'Light Bulbs'

Dark Reflections in the Southern Cross

'Honey I Shrunk the Planetary System' (Artist Concept)

The Story of Our Universe

Exotic Exoplanet (Artist's Concept)

Mapping the Infrared Universe: Part 1

Dwarf Galaxy Spotted

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

The Extended Region Around the Planetary Nebula NGC 3242

Kepler-11 Planetary System (Artist Concept)

Adding up Stars in a Galaxy

Spitzer Sees Stray Starlight (Artist's Concept)

An Unusual Planetary System (Artist's Concept)

WISE Spies the Tarantula Nebula

Omega Centauri

Kepler-20f -- An Earth-size World (Artist's Concept)

'Southern Pinwheel' Galaxy M83

Order Amidst Chaos of Star's Explosion (Artist Concept)

Cosmic Ocean Dweller

Great Observatories' Unique Views of the Milky Way

Exposing Black Holes Disguised in Dust

Galaxy Messier 83

The 'van Gogh' of the Infrared Sky

Taken Under the 'Wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud

Giant Star Goes Supernova, Smothered by its own Dust (Artist's Concept)

How to Measure the Spin of a Black Hole (Artist's Concept)