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This moon is shining by the light of its planet. Specifically, a large portion of Enceladus pictured here is illuminated...

Centered in this colorful cosmic canvas, NGC 2626 is a beautiful, bright, blue reflection nebula in the southern Milky Way....

This Jan. 10, 2013, composite image of the giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 combines visible light images from the...

Stars trace concentric arcs around the North Celestial Pole in this three hour long night sky composite, recorded with a...

The waxing gibbous Moon stands out in this Jan. 2, 2023, image from the International Space Station as it orbited...

The 1970s are sometimes ignored by astronomers, like this beautiful grouping of reflection nebulae in Orion - NGC 1977, NGC...

Seven worlds orbit the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. A mere 40 light-years away, many of the exoplanets were discovered in...

In this photo from Oct. 14, 2008, a great blue heron stands watch among a pond of water lilies on...

Comet ZTF has a distinctive shape. The now bright comet visiting the inner Solar System has been showing not only...

Chile’s Villarrica volcano emits steam and other volcanic gases in this photo taken from the International Space Station on Jan....

Globular clusters once ruled the Milky Way. Back in the old days, back when our Galaxy first formed, perhaps thousands...

Where did all the stars go? What used to be considered a hole in the sky is now known to...

Comet-like plumes are blowing over the volcanic peaks of Mount Etna in this wintry mountain-and-skyscape from planet Earth. The stacked...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lays a wreath at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/day-of-remembrance

The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. via...

The current darling of the northern night, Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF is captured in this telescopic image from a dark...

Active galaxy NGC 1275 is the central, dominant member of the large and relatively nearby Perseus Cluster of Galaxies. Wild-looking...

On January 25, 1984, President Ronald Reagan used his State of the Union address to call for NASA to build...