ssc2006-03a 01.09.06 A Hidden, Massive Star Cluster Awash with Red SupergiantsThe sky is a jewelry box full of sparkling stars in these infrared images. The crown jewels are 14 massive stars on t... view image |
sig05-028 12.22.05 Stellar Snowflake ClusterNewborn stars, hidden behind thick dust, are revealed in this image of a section of the Christmas Tree Cluster from N... view image |
sig05-024 12.12.05 New Star Cluster Discovered in the InfraredUsing an automated computer method to sift through data collected by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers on t... view image |
sig08-015 10.25.04 Massive Young Stars Trigger Stellar BirthRCW 108 is a region where stars are actively forming within the Milky Way galaxy about 4,000 light years from Earth. ... view image |
ssc2004-16a 10.12.04 Spitzer Digs Up Galactic FossilThis infrared image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a globular cluster previously hidden in the dusty p... view image |
ssc2004-16b 10.12.04 Galactic Fossil Found Behind Curtain of DustThis image mosaic shows the same patch of sky in various wavelengths of light. While the visible-light image (left) s... view image |
ssc2004-02a 02.12.04 Rosebud of a Reflection NebulaA cluster of newborn stars herald their birth in this interstellar Valentine's Day commemorative picture obtained wit... view image |
Images by type
Images by subject
 |
August 19 Dark World Animation |
 |
August 19 Dark World Animation Annotated |
 |
June 11 Spitzer Final Voyage |
 |
June 11 Stars of Cepheus as Seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope |
 |
August 22 NASA's Exoplanet Excursions 360 |
