Sometimes even the dark dust of interstellar space has a serene beauty.

It looks like a big space diamond -- but with craters.

Why would the shadow of a space shuttle launch plume point toward the Moon?

Winds on Mars can't actually blow spacecraft over. But in the low gravity, martian winds can loft fine dust particles in planet-wide storms, like the dust storm now raging on the Red Planet.

A small crystal ball seems to hold a whole galaxy in this creative snapshot.

Skies after the near-solstice sunset on June 17 are reflected in this calm lake.

Newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. Gravitationally contracting in pillars of dense gas and dust, the intense radiation of these newly-formed bright stars is causing surrounding material to boil away.

They may look like round rocks, but they're alive.

Sometimes the Sun's surface becomes a whirlwind of activity.

What's happened to Mars? In 2001, Mars underwent a tremendous planet-wide dust storm