M51, whose name comes from being the 51st entry in Charles Messier’s catalog, is considered to be a classic example…
Neptune in Visible Light (Left) This natural-color views shows Neptune in visible light with three of its moons.
This image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows infant stars “hatching” in the head of the hunter constellation, Orion. Astronomers…
This artist’s conception shows binary-star system HD 113766, where astronomers suspect a rocky Earth-like planet is forming around one of…
Scroll right to see a breathtaking panorama of Mars from the top of Husband Hill. The image was taken by…
The space shuttle Atlantis is seen on pad 39A as the sun sets, Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, at NASA’s Kennedy…
This false-color image of Saturn’s main rings was made by combining data from multiple star occultations using Cassini’s ultraviolet imaging…
The Pistol Nebula, one of the intrinsically brightest stars in our galaxy, appears as the bright white dot in the…
Since the first crew arrived on Nov. 2, 2000, the International Space Station has grown and evolved into a state-of-the-art…
In the famous Pleiades star cluster, a star’s light slowly destroys a passing cloud of gas and dust. The star,…
