Jupiter looks a bit different in ultraviolet light.

From afar, the whole thing looks like an Eagle. A closer look at the Eagle Nebula, however, shows the bright region is actually a window into the center of a larger dark shell of dust.

When did Orion become so flashy? This colorful rendition of part of the constellation of Orion comes from red light emitted by hydrogen and sulfur (SII), and blue-green light emitted by oxygen (OIII).

Kona, a young boxer, is a dog who loves splashing in the waves along Solana Beach near San Diego, planet Earth.

Not the Hubble Space Telescope's latest view of a distant planetary nebula, this illuminated cloud of gas and dust dazzled even casual U.S. west coast skygazers on October 7.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch dazzled viewers along the U.S. west coast after sunset on October 7.

Sometimes, the surface of our Sun seems to dance.

Many spiral galaxies have bars across their centers. Even our own Milky Way Galaxy is thought to have a modest central bar.

Small bits of this greenish-gray comet are expected to streak across Earth's atmosphere tonight.

What does the universe look like on small scales? On large scales?