We all gaze in awe at beautiful deep-sky images, marveling at how the best imagers make it look so effortless to produce perfectly framed masterpieces. Such photos always seem to have perfect ...

19 magnificent images from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year shortlist It's not 'House of the Dragon,' but it is a dancing aurora that resembles the mythical beast's head. Popular Science Team ...

And what astronomy has given us mostly so far are just snapshots," says Yusra AlSayyad, a Princeton University researcher who oversees image processing for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.