Skyfall
The stars appear to fall from the sky during the Leonid meteor shower of 1833, as depicted in this contemporary…
Bread Crumbs
The star system V664 Cassiopeia is leaving “bread crumbs” as it races through the galaxy: a trail of gas and…
Galactic Hub
Stellar nurseries, massive stars, and rippling clouds of gas highlight this multi-wavelength view of the Milky Way galaxy’s turbulent heart.…
Stellar Sparkler
The globular star cluster M22 sparkles brilliantly in these two views. The image at left shows the entire cluster, revealing…
Crowded Skies
The western evening sky features several bright stars and planets in late May. This view, on May 22, is roughly…
Last Visit
Saturn’s moon Dione stands in front of Saturn and its rings in this August 17 view from the Cassini spacecraft.…
Turbulent Giant
Giant storms ripple across the atmosphere of Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet, in this 2000 view from the Cassini…
Brilliant Echo
Light from an erupting star illuminates vast clouds of gas and dust in this 2006 view from Hubble Space Telescope.…
Hot Lake
A giant lake of molten rock forms a dark horseshoe on the surface of Io, one of the big moons…
Close Twins
The two stars that form the system MY Camelopardalis are so close together that they share their outer layers of…