Backward Black Hole Shoots Powerful Jets (Artist's Concept)

All Pillars Point to Eta

GALEX 1st Light Near Ultraviolet -50

A Spiral Galaxy is Visited by a Trojan War Hero

All That Remains of Exploded Star

Hubble Sees Stars and a Stripe in Celestial Fireworks

Highway to the Danger Zone (Artist Concept)

Star Field in the Constellation Cepheus

Stephan's Quintet

A Classic Beauty

Spitzer Sees Stray Starlight (Artist's Concept)

Planetary Building Blocks Found in Surprising Place

Soul Nebula

Severe Exoplanetary Storm

How to Map a Very Faraway Planet (animation)

Cosmic Cocoon

Is There Anybody Home?

A Shocking Outflow

Planck's First Glimpse at the Universe

Anomalous Arms

Signature of a Carbon-Rich Planet

Possible Disintegrating Planet (Artist's Concept)

An Explosion of Infrared Color

Star Formation in the DR21 Region (A)

Supersized Disk (Artist's Concept)

The Story of Our Universe

A Nearby Stellar Cradle

Dusty Beginnings of a Star

Galactic City at the Edge of the Universe

The Helix Nebula: Unraveling at the Seams

Quartz-like Crystals Found in Planetary Disks

Planck's View of Orion

Plentiful Planetary System (Artist Concept)

Chasing Chickens in the Lambda Centauri Nebula

Jabbah and Associates

Two Models of Black Hole Spin (Artist's Concept)

Pinwheel Looks 'Fab' in Infrared

Andromeda

The Invisible Dragon

Heart and Soul

Edge-on View of Near-Earth Asteroids

Kepler-62e (Artist Concept)

Ghost Head Nebula

Circle of Ashes

WISE Reveals a Hidden Star Cluster

Blinded by the Light (Artist Concept)

Using 'Dark Holes' to Spot Planets

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

In the Grip of the Scorpion's Claw

'Southern Pinwheel' Galaxy M83