... Stars of many types and colors are visible in this Hubble Space Telescope vista of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Over 10,000 stars are visible -- the brightest of which are giant stars. Were our Sun 170,000 light-years distant and among these stars, it would hardly be discernable. ... Is this old galaxy up to new tricks? ... Moon Struck . ... South is up in this recent composite color picture of Mars Polar Lander's target region near the Martian South Pole taken on November 28. ...