Graceful Seagull
Clouds of gas and dust and thousands of new stars outline the Seagull Nebula, a vast stellar nursery along the…
Cosmic Target
Manicouagan Reservoir in Quebec is one of several impact craters in the province, which has been blasted by major collisions…
Breathing Fire
The star EK Draconis "breathes fire" in this artist's concept. In April 2020, EK Draconis produced the biggest eruption yet…
Double the Fun
This cartoon depicts the Double Pulsar, a pair of stellar corpses bound by gravity (although it is not shown to…
Deep View
The Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter in this artist's concept. By mapping the giant planet's magnetic and gravitational fields, Juno has…
Early Skies
This depiction of the cosmos decorates the ceiling of the tomb of Senenmut, chief advisor to the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut,…
Heating Up
Parker Solar Probe enters the Sun's extended outer atmosphere, known as the corona, in this artist's concept. In early 2021,…
Super Remnant
This 2010 Hubble Space Telescope image shows the aftermath of Supernova 1987a, which was discovered in February 1987. It was…
Lunar Relic
Luna 20, a Soviet mission than landed on the Moon 50 years, sits quietly on the lunar surface today, as…
Volcanic Mars
Clouds stream around several of the giant volcanoes of the Tharsis region on Mars in this 2000 image. The largest,…