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The Large Cloud of Magellan
It is the most massive of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies.
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M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind
Why is the Cigar Galaxy billowing red smoke?
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Tarantula Nebula
The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star forming region within nearby satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
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.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Hubble's Jupiter and the Shrinking Great Red Spot
What will become of Jupiter's Great Red Spot?
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Sun Unleashed: Monster Filament in Ultraviolet
One of the most spectacular solar sights is an explosive flare
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Blue Moon Tree
Does an alignment like this occur only once in a blue moon?
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Nebra Sky Disk
Some consider it the oldest known illustration of the night sky
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Arcs, Jets, and Shocks near NGC 1999
This tantalizing array of nebulas and stars can be found about two degrees south of the famous star-forming Orion Nebula
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Gamma Cygnus and Crescent nebulae
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