There are few more iconic images from the Hubble Space Telescope than this one. A colossal pillar of gas and dust towering 9.5 light-years tall, this spectacular structure in the Eagle Nebula ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an awe-inspiring new image of the iconic Sombrero Galaxy ... dima_zel/iStock / Getty Images Plus Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope ...

And, of course, it has taken some of the most iconic space photographs we have—among them, the stunning “Pillars of Creation” image of a stellar nursery known as the Eagle Nebula.

NASA's spacecraft, astronauts and investigation of space have taught humans a lot about what exists outside the planet. These are 5 iconic images from NASA that changed our view of the universe.

Not to be outdone, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured incredibly sharp images of the Horsehead Nebula in April, one of the most iconic celestial bodies in the sky over Earth.

And then there are the iconic spiral galaxies ... not all spiral galaxies are created equal, as two recent images from the Hubble Space Telescope show. The image above shows galaxy NGC 3596 ...

Fortune · Joe Raedle—Getty Images That could include the ... Boeing’s long space legacy includes the iconic Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the Moon during the Apollo program as ...

There’s something about viewing Earth from space — the shift in perspective has for decades moved us emotionally, scientifically, and philosophically. The iconic Earthrise image of our planet ...