Jumbo Jellyfish or Massive Star?

Dusty Dead Star

IC 1795

Galaxy M82

Beyond the Veil

Horsehead Nebula

WISE Eyes the Whole Sky

Galaxies in Hiding

Warped Andromeda

Happy Anniversary to a Galactic Explorer

WISE Reveals a Hidden Star Cluster

In the Grip of the Scorpion's Claw

Dissecting the Wake of a Supernova Explosion

Ghostly Ring

All Eyes on Oldest Recorded Supernova

Mapping Invisible Pools of Gas in Our Galaxy (Illustration)

GALEX 1st Light Compilation

Life's Starting Materials Found in Dusty Disk

Supersized Disk (Artist's Concept)

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

Black Hole Grabs Starry Snack (Artist Concept)

Two Suns Raise Family of Planetary Bodies (Artist Animation)

Chemical Soups Around Cool Stars (Artist Concept)

Galaxies Collide to Create Hot, Huge Galaxy

Messier 101 Single Orbit Exposure

Cluster of Stars in Kepler's Sight

Black Hole Simulation

Prehistoric Black Hole (Artist's Concept)

Sizzling Remains of a Dead Star

Best Map Ever of the Universe

Cosmic Caper Unfolds in Infrared

Hidden Patterns of Light Revealed by Spitzer

NASA's Great Observatories Witness a Galactic Spectacle

Double the Rubble (Artist Concept)

Jabbah and Associates

Asteroid Family's Shattered Past (Artist Concept)

Life and Death in a Star-Forming Cloud

A Planet as Big as its Star

A Classic Beauty

NGC 7293, the Helix Nebula

An Unexpected Scattering of Light

GALEX 1st Light Far Ultraviolet

Galaxy NGC 4579

It's Not a Bird or a Plane

Spitzer's First Warm Images

Asteroid 'Bites the Dust' Around Dead Star (Artist Concept)

A Year in the Life of an Infrared Echo

Severe Exoplanetary Storm

Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds

Andromeda's Colorful Rings

Misty Star in the Sea Serpent