Mist over an Antarctic research station

A photo of mist above an Antarctic research station. Sunlight returned to this part of the world in August, after 4 months of continuous night. Now the station is getting ready for an influx of summer visitors.

Hubble brings you a spooky cosmic face

This ghostly face, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on June 19, is actually a collision of 2 galaxies of about equal size, 704 million light-years from Earth.

Jupiter at sunset

Jim AndRobin Moore in Nitro, West Virginia, captured Jupiter as the sun was setting on Monday.

Cosmic saguaro

Saguaro cactus in the starlight, in the desert outside Tucson, Arizona.

Star trails from the ISS

Photo of star trails by an astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Tycho supernova

New image of the Tycho supernova remnant from the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Spiral galaxy in profile

Hubble Telescope view of a spiral galaxy - called NGC 3717 - oriented sideways.

Rainbow over Bavaria

A rainbow glows over Kranzhorn Mountain in Germany's Bavarian Alps.

UFO cloud

Lenticular cloud over Butte, Montana.

Northern lights caused green-colored clouds

Northern lights over Jämtland, Sweden.