![]() | Supersonic Exhaust From NebulaM2-9 is a striking example of a butterfly or a bipolar planetary nebula. Another more revealing name might be the Twin Jet Nebula. If the nebula is sliced across the star, each side of it appears much like a pair of exhausts from jet engines.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA |
![]() | Cosmic Magnifying GlassScanning the heavens for the first time since the successful December 1999 servicing mission, the NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a giant, cosmic magnifying glass, a massive cluster of galaxies called Abell 2218.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, Andrew Fruchter |
![]() | The Heart of the Whirlpool GalaxyThe Whirlpool galaxy, M51, has been one of the most photogenic galaxies in amateur and professional astronomy. Easily photographed and viewed by smaller telescopes, this celestial beauty is studied extensively in a range of wavelengths by large ground- and space-based observatories.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team |
![]() | Io Transit of JupiterThe three snapshots of the volcanic moon rounding Jupiter were taken over a 1.8-hour time span. Io is roughly the size of Earths moon but 2,000 times farther away.Download WallpaperPhoto by: J. Spencer, NASA, ESA |
![]() | Jupiters AurorasThe NASA, ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a complete view of Jupiter's northern and southern aurorae.Download WallpaperPhoto by: John Clarke, NASA, ESA |
![]() | Crater Copernicus on the MoonA close-up view of Copernicus' terraced walls. Hubble can resolve features as small as 280 feet across.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA |
![]() | Supernova 1994D in Galaxy NGC 4526Supernova 1994D in Galaxy NGC 4526Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Key Project Team |
![]() | Horsehead nebulaRising from a sea of dust and gas like a giant seahorse, the Horsehead nebula is one of the most photographed objects in the sky.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team |
![]() | Disk around a Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 7052This NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope image was taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, in visible light. Details as small as 50 light-years across can be seen.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope |
![]() | Massive Starbirth in N81A NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope family portrait of young, ultra-bright stars nested in their embryonic cloud of glowing gases. The celestial maternity ward, called N81, is located 200, 000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a small irregular satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA |