The center of our #MilkyWay #galaxy can be found toward the constellation #Sagittarius. Even on a dark night, you can't really see it, your sight-line is quickly obscured by intervening interstellar dust. 📷Miguel Claro #space #astronomy #stars

#Today Chandra is studying a #radio source in Vulpecula, the fox! Nearby in the sky is a bipolar planetary nebula known as Hen 2-437. Material ejected by a dying star is streaming outward in #space, generating the two elegant lobes seen in this image.

The finished result on the Heart nebula. I also did a processing technique to remove the stars which allows you to see the nebula and its structures on its own. #Astrophotography #space VirtualAstro 🔭AstroBackyard BBC Sky at Night Magazine BBC The Sky at Night Amateur AstroImaging

Close up of the Orion Nebula. Visible to the unaided eye, M42 is one of the closest molecular clouds to our planet. 📷Justin Hartney #space #astronomy #stars #nebula #orion

The rings of MyCn 18 trace the outline of an hourglass, although one with an unusual eye in its center. Either way, the sands of time are running out for the central star of this hourglass-shaped planetary nebula! 📷Judy Schmidt #space #astronomy #stars #nebula

Jupiter, observed by NASA’s Juno probe on December 16, 2017. 📷David Marriott #space #astronomy #planet #Jupiter #Juno #NASA

Lagoon Cocoon 😍 📷geckzilla on Flickr #space #astronomy #stars #nebula #lagoon

Gorgeous spiral galaxy M33 seems to have more than its fair share of glowing hydrogen gas! 📷Robert Gendler #space #astronomy #stars #galaxy #science

The horse-head feature is an opaque dust cloud that lies in front of the bright red emission nebula! Like clouds in Earth's atmosphere, this cosmic cloud has assumed a recognizable shape by chance! 📷Jose Jimenez Priego #space #astronomy #stars #galaxy #nebula

NGC 7714: Starburst after Galaxy Collision 📷NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive; Rudy Pohl #space #astronomy #stars #galaxy #science

Jewels don't shine as bright as stars do! Like gems in a jewel box, though, the stars of open cluster NGC 290 glitter in a beautiful display of brightness and color! 📷E. Olzewski #space #astronomy #stars #galaxy #starclusters

A Baby Binary Star in Formation!⭐ 📷ALMA, F. O. Alves et all #science #space #astronomy #stars #starformation

Light-years across, this suggestive shape known as the #Seahorse #Nebula appears in silhouette against a rich, luminous background of #Stars! 📷Sergio Kaminsky #space #astronomy #galaxy #science

How dramatically our view of Pluto improved thanks to New Horizons' flyby. #space © NASA x.com/cosmicdatabase…

NASASpitzer How did NASASpitzer unveil the universe? It studied the cosmos in infrared light as one of NASA's Great Observatories. Looking in infrared allows us see distant galaxies and peer through dust to reveal baby stars, planets & so much more. #SpitzerFinalVoyage

These bright rims and flowing shapes look ghostly on a cosmic scale! A telescopic view toward the constellation #Cassiopeia, the colorful skyscape features swept-back, comet-shaped clouds IC 59 (left) and IC 63! 📷Tommaso Stella #space #astronomy #stars #constellation

Gravity's Grin! (Cheshire Cat galaxy group) Einstein's general theory of relativity predicted the phenomenon of gravitational lensing. And that's what gives these distant galaxies such a whimsical appearance! 📷J. Irwin et al. #space #astronomy #stars #galaxy #science

We remember #Apollo15 Astronaut Al Worden, who passed away today at the age of 88. Worden served as the command module pilot for Apollo 15 and was the first person to complete a spacewalk in deep space. go.nasa.gov/2vtbuFY

Stunning!✨ This nebula, captured by Hubble is the perfect laboratory to study the origin of massive stars. It comes from more than 160K light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy that orbits our galaxy, the Milky Way. More: instagram.com/p/B944VeblOeo