These cosmic dust clouds drift some 1,300 light-years away along the fertile starfields of the constellation Cepheus.

A small constellation hiding near the south celestial pole, The Chamaeleon boasts no bright stars.

Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251.

This colorful skyscape spans about two full moons across nebula rich starfields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy in the royal northern constellation Cepheus.

Cosmic dust clouds and young, energetic stars inhabit this telescopic vista, less than 500 light-years away toward the northern boundary of Corona Australis, the Southern Crown.

Carved by a bright young star in Orion's dusty molecular clouds, NGC 2023 is often overlooked in favor of the nearby dramatic silhouette of the Horsehead Nebula

This might look like a double-bladed lightsaber, but these two cosmic jets actually beam outward from a newborn star in a galaxy near you

Combined image data from the massive, ground-based VISTA telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope was used to create this wide perspective of the interstellar landscape surrounding the famous Horsehead Nebula

This tantalizing array of nebulas and stars can be found about two degrees south of the famous star-forming Orion Nebula