At first glance, a sky full of stars... Look closer: most of these tiny points of light are actually galaxies! This Rubin Observatory view captures around 10 million of them, each with a story to uncover. (Video by WorldAndScience - Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA)

Jupiter puts on a light show so vast, its auroras can cover an area bigger than our entire planet!

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A striking view of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory on Cerro Pachón in Chile! Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)

Spectacular! A star exploded 11,000 years ago. Its remains still shine. These glowing threads are part of the Vela supernova remnant, just 800 light-years from Earth. (Video by WorldAndScience - Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team. Acknowledgement: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit)

Appearances can deceive, even among the stars. The nebula Gum 80 conceals a cosmic fugitive: HD 165319. Once part of the Eagle Nebula, it now races through Sh2-46, leaving a shimmering bow shock in its path. (Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team)

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Two telescopes, two views of the Trifid Nebula: Rubin captures the full 56-light-year scene, while Hubble zooms in on four light-years of glowing gas and dark dust. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI. Image processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)

The smallest of all penguins, the little penguin—also called the "blue penguin" or "fairy penguin"—reaches a mere 30 cm (12 inches) in height. Its indigo-blue coloration, most vivid in juveniles, adorns its head, back, and flippers.

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Gaze upon the Bullet Cluster, where two vast galactic realms crash and merge, their luminous clouds revealing the grandeur of countless worlds. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Jee (Yonsei University, UC Davis), S. Cha (Yonsei University), K. Finner (Caltech/IPAC)

In the depths of space, 300 million light-years away, lies MCG+07-33-027 — a galaxy ablaze with new stars. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA and N. Grogin (STScI)

Amid the Running Chicken Nebula, IC 2948 shines brightest—its dark, fingered clouds reaching toward emerging suns. This cosmic landscape exposes the turbulent artistry of star birth. (Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team. Acknowledgement: CASU)

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A stunning view of the Sun in total eclipse, seen from ESO’s La Silla Observatory. (Credit: ESO, M. Zamani)

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A true spectacle! The Cigar Galaxy, Messier 82, glows fiercely — five times brighter than our home galaxy! Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI) and P. Puxley (NSF)

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Extraordinary: At a distance of 100 million light-years, the spiral galaxy NGC 7714 reveals contorted arms and a golden haze, the chaotic signature of a merger with NGC 7715 (just beyond the image). Credit: ESA, NASA - Acknowledgement: A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science)

Gorgeous: The dark cloud Chamaeleon I holds pockets of starlight. Three reflection nebulae glow within its depths, reflecting light from new-born stars in one of Earth’s nearest stellar nurseries (Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA - T.A. Rector, M. Zamani & D. de Martin)