The irregular galaxy NGC 4485 shows all the signs of having been involved in a hit-and-run accident with a bypassing galaxy.
This image of the barred spiral galaxy UGC 12158 looks like someone took a white marking pen to it. In reality it is a combination of time exposures of a foreground asteroid.
The star, called AG Carinae, is waging a tug-of-war between gravity and radiation to avoid self-destruction.
This pair of galaxies are close enough together as they pass close enough to feel each other's gravitational pull.
This colorful image celebrates the Earth-orbiting observatory giving us a window seat to the universe’s extraordinary tapestry of stellar birth and destruction.
Veil Nebula is one of the best-known supernova remnants, deriving its name from its delicate, draped filament structures.
In this image, an uncanny pair of glowing eyes glares menacingly in our direction.