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Astronomers witness a newborn planet emerging from the dust around a sun-like star: Space photo of the weekThe Very Large Telescope in Chile has found, for the first time, an infant planet nestled in spiral arms of dust around a distant sun-like star.
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'Fighting dragons' light up little-known constellation in the Southern sky: Space photo of the weekA nebula where young stars sculpt dragon-like forms has been imaged in colorful detail by the Dark Energy Camera in Chile.
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James Webb and Hubble telescopes join forces to explore a cosmic nursery: Space photo of the weekThe mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which orbits the Milky Way.
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James Webb telescope reveals dizzying galaxies in the Bullet Cluster: Space photo of the weekThis unprecedented view of the Bullet Cluster provided by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals how the dark matter is distributed.
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A cotton candy nebula glows in Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first close-up image: Space photo of the weekThis spectacular star-forming region is one of the first images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.
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Ominous 'Chamaeleon' is hiding a stellar secret: Space photo of the weekThe Dark Energy Camera captured glowing nebulae in the Chamaeleon I star-forming region, illuminating the dense clouds with newborn starlight.
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NASA spots Martian volcano twice the height of Mount Everest bursting through the morning clouds: Space photo of the weekA new panorama from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter shows Arsia Mons, one of the largest volcanoes on Mars, rising above a thick blanket of clouds before dawn.
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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope takes best look at 'Sombrero Galaxy' in 244 yearsNew near-infrared observations by the James Webb Space Telescope highlight a tightly packed group of stars at the peculiar galaxy's center as well as dust on its outer fringes.
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Space photo of the week: Pink 'raindrops' on the sun captured in greatest detail everSolar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.
