Coiled Creature of the Night

NASA's Spitzer Finds Water Vapor on Hot, Alien Planet (Artist's Concept)

Kepler's Diamond Mine of Stars

A Slice of Orion

Maffei 1 and 2

Magician of a Planet Disappears to Reveal Itself

Fearsome Foursome

A WISE 'Eye' on the Whole Sky

The Case of the Disappearing Continent

Nearby Newborns

Quasar Drenched in Water Vapor

Celestial Cities and the Roads That Connect Them

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

GALEX 1st Light Far Ultraviolet

'Southern Pinwheel' Galaxy M83

Irregular Dwarf Galaxy IC 1613

Andromeda is So Hot 'n' Cold

Fun House Mirror in Space

WISE Catches a Runaway Star in Flames

Cosmic Rosebud

Eccentric Habitable Zones (Artist's Concept)

Altair

A SWIRE Picture is Worth Billions of Years

Dusty Dead Star

Mira's Tail There All Along

NASA Radar Images Asteroid 2007 PA8

A Cosmic Wreath

Making a Spectacle of Star Formation in Orion

A Cauldron of Stars at the Galaxy's Center

Prehistoric Black Hole (Artist's Concept)

Edge-on Galaxy

Beyond the Veil

A Star's Close Encounter

A Journey of Light Through Space and Time

Rotten Egg Nebula

Laser-Sharp Jet Splits Water

Explosions - Large and Small (Artist Concept)

Centaurus A All Prettied Up in Infrared and X-Rays

Disk Around a Massive Baby Star (Artist's Concept)

Extragalactic Space Balls (Artist Concept)

Flaring Black Hole (Artist's Concept)

Buckyballs Jiggle Like Jello (Artist Concept)

Extreme Planets (Artist Concept)

WISE's Last Light

Triple Scoop from Galaxy Hunter

Starburst Galaxy NGC 3310

Misty Star in the Sea Serpent

A Vast Disk of Comets

Spider Web of Stars in IC 342A

The Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star

Artist's Impression of Starburst Galaxy