Galleries / Our Quest to Explore—and Photograph—the Solar System

For 50 years, artists have had up-close, insider access to the space program. Here are the results.

Our star may seem like a model of constancy, but its surface is violently active, rocked by explosions and sun quakes.

Gazing up at the night sky is a reward unto itself: the splendor of the Universe awaits! But when you use a telescope and a camera, you can capture that beauty in ways that even our sophisticated eyes cannot detect.