Framing a bright emission region, this telescopic view looks out across a pretty field of stars along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy.

The North America Nebula can do what most North Americans cannot -- form stars.

This beautiful skyscape is painted across the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy.

The ghost of a long-dead star, the W63 supernova remnant shines like a faint cosmic smoke-ring along the plane of the Milky Way galaxy toward the northern constellation Cygnus the swan.

Inside the Cocoon Nebula is a newly developing cluster of stars.