The bright star at the centre of NGC 3132 and a second star is barely visible at lower left along one of the bright star’s diffraction spikes.

James Webb Space Telescope’s mid-infrared view of the Pillars of Creation strikes a chilling tone. Thousands of stars that exist in this region disappear from view — and seemingly endless layers of gas and dust become the centrepiece

The protostar L1527, shown in this image from the James Webb Space Telescope, is embedded within a cloud of material that is feeding its growth.

Astronomers unveiled this first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy

The Moon rising above Earth's horizon as captured from the International Space Station

The Sun as seen by Solar Orbiter in extreme ultraviolet light from a distance of roughly 75 million kilometres. The image is a mosaic of 25 individual images taken on 7 March. Earth placed at the top for size context.