A stellar nursery captured in extraordinary detail. At the centre lies the young star cluster NGC 6193, while the glowing nebula NGC 6188 shines under the intense radiation of nearby stars.] (Credit: ESO)

A powerful stellar jet bursts through the glowing clouds of the Carina Nebula in this remarkable Hubble image. (Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team)

A spectacular view of NGC 2264, home to the sparkling blue stars of the Christmas Tree Cluster and the dramatic Cone Nebula, spanning about 30 light-years of space. (Credit: ESO)

Three planets, one spectacular morning. Venus, Saturn, and Mars appear together above Maunakea as the first light approaches. Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)

Stunning: Sculpted by radiation from a nearby massive star, the Elephant Trunk Nebula is a dark cloud of gas embedded within the enormous IC 1396 nebula. Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

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Spectacular: The curved edge of Earth seen from space during a nighttime pass, with stars visible in the background. (Credit: NASA Johnson)

“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.” -- Carl Sagan, Cosmos

This image captures colourful, candyfloss-like gas clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud, their structure illuminated by light filters that reveal the invisible. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray)

A cosmic city of 400,000 stars! NGC 6397 is one of the closest globular clusters to Earth, located about 7,200 light-years away. At roughly 13.4 billion years old, it is nearly as ancient as the universe itself. (Credit: ESO)

Space is getting crowded. With satellite launches booming and constellations like Starlink and Kuiper expanding, Earth’s orbit is filling up fast. Nearly 35,000 softball-sized objects are now tracked in space, and many of them are no longer useful. (Credit: Statista)

An awe-inspiring view of the Pillars of Creation (part of the Eagle Nebula otherwise known as Messier 16), where the radiant light from newly formed stars cuts through clouds of dust and gas, revealed in breathtaking infrared detail... Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

A cosmic spectacle like no other! Pismis 24-1, a massive star system, shines brilliantly inside the colourful depths of NGC 6357. (Credit: NASA, ESA, Jesœs Maz Apellÿniz, Davide De Martin)

Spectacular: The form of galaxy NGC 772 is created by tidal interactions with an ‘unruly’ neighbour Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA - Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF's NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin

Spectacular cosmic nurseries are drifting through space. They’re called Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules, or frEGGs for short, and they’re special pockets of gas where new stars can begin to form. Tiny in name, massive in wonder. (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Sahai)

An Incredible view of the dramatic star formation region 30 Doradus, also known as the Tarantula Nebula. (Credit: ESO)

NGC 3572 glows at the centre of a remarkable celestial scene. Nearby clouds of gas and dust have been carved by stellar winds into delicate arcs, bright bubbles, and unusual elephant trunk structures. (Credit: ESO/G. Beccari)

About 2,700 light-years from Earth, Monoceros R2 shines in this infrared image, where massive young stars brighten reflection nebulae within a vast molecular cloud. (Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit)

The vibrant, feathery structure of Sharpless 2-296 stretches out like wings in the sky, forming part of what’s known as the Seagull Nebula. Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team/N.J. Wright (Keele University)

Spectacular: What looks like a rugged, cloud-covered mountain is actually a vast landscape of cosmic dust known as Pismis 24... (Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, A. Pagan (STScI) - Music: La Repeticion/Pond5)

Beauty born from destruction. These spectacular clouds of orange and pink are all that remain after a massive star exploded, creating the Vela supernova remnant. (Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team. Acknowledgement: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit - Music: La Repeticion/Pond5)

Located 3,800 light-years away, the Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302) showcases glowing gas expelled from its central star. Over 2,200 years, these layers spread out, creating a vast butterfly-shaped nebula more than two light-years across. Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Kastner (RIT)

A gorgeous view of IC2944, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula (Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team. Acknowledgement: CASU - Music credit: La Repeticion/Pond5)

A breathtaking view of Messier 54, a dense and glittering swarm of stars with a surprising secret. Although it appears among the Milky Way’s globular clusters, it actually belongs to the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy (Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: ESO - Music credit: La Repeticion/Pond5)

The spectacular Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) located 160,000 light‑years from Earth. (Credit: NASA, ESA)

Seen edge-on, NGC 4945 is a striking spiral galaxy that resembles our own Milky Way, with glowing star-forming regions and a prominent central bar. Deep within its brilliant core, a supermassive black hole is thought to be hidden... (Credit: ESO)

A view of the gorgeous galaxy NGC 4501, located about 63 million light-years away (Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker and the MAUVE-HST Team)

Fascinating: The star at the centre of the Medusa Nebula has entered its final stage, casting off its outer layers into space and creating this vibrant, colourful cloud. One day, our own Sun will share the same fate… (Credit: ESO)

A Window into the Early Universe… Galaxy cluster Abell S1063 serves as a gravitational lens, magnifying some of the universe’s oldest galaxies—potentially dating back just 200 million years after the Big Bang (Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, H. Atek, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)/Acknowledgement: R. Endsley)

A dazzling network of glowing gas, the Prawn Nebula (Gum 56 or IC 4628) is a stellar nursery where new stars are born. Scattered within its depths, young, energetic stars light up the nebula, showcasing their celestial origins. (Credit: ESO)