AG Carinae, one of the Milky Way's brightest stars, shines with the power of a million suns, captured in a Hubble image during a massive outburst

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI

A dazzling cluster of 3,000 young stars, called Westerlund 2, glows like fireworks in this Hubble image, located 20,000 light-years away in the Gum 29 nebula of the Carina constellation

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team

Ring-shaped clouds around nebula RCW 120 were spotted by Spitzer, while SOFIA measured the glowing gas to study its expansion and age

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SOFIA

New NuSTAR data revealing high-energy X-rays (shown in blue) from radioactive material are helping unravel the mystery of Cassiopeia A's explosion

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CXC/SAO

NASA's SOFIA observed magnetic field streamlines over the Keyhole Nebula, part of the Carina Nebula, in an image from ESO's 3.6-metre La Silla telescope

Image Credit: NASA, the SOFIA science team, Y. Seo; ESO

Astronomers used Hubble images to create this view of the Pillars of Creation, towering 5 light-years high, with a smaller pillar-like feature at the bottom right

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

This Chandra image of Cassiopeia A reveals a blast wave and element map, showing how stars spread elements in space

Image Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO