![]() | A Grazing EncounterIn the direction of the constellation Canis Major, two spiral galaxies pass by each other like majestic ships in the night.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope |
![]() | Tadpole Galaxy A runaway galaxyAgainst a stunning backdrop of thousands of galaxies, this odd-looking galaxy with the long streamer of stars appears to be racing through space, like a runaway pinwheel firework.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, Holland Ford |
![]() | Two merging galaxiesAdvanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), the newest camera on NASA, ESA Hubble Space Telescope, has captured a spectacular pair of galaxies engaged in a celestial dance of cat and mouse.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, Holland Ford |
![]() | Disk galaxy NGC 5866This is a unique NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope view of the disk galaxy NGC 5866 tilted nearly edge-on to our line-of-sight.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team |
![]() | Hubble sees galaxies galoreGalaxies, galaxies everywhere - as far as the NASA, ESA Hubble Space Telescope can see. This view of nearly 10,000 galaxies is the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, and S. Beckwith |
![]() | The Whirlpool GalaxyThe graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 (NGC 5194) appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. They are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith |
![]() | The gigantic Pinwheel galaxyThe Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy about 27 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA |
![]() | The magnificent starburst galaxyThis mosaic image of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82) is the sharpest wide-angle view ever obtained of M82.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team |
![]() | Colliding galaxiesThis Hubble image of the Antennae galaxies is the sharpest yet of this merging pair of galaxies. As the two galaxies smash together, billions of stars are born, mostly in groups and clusters of stars.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team |
![]() | Stellar NurseryThe barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672, showing up clusters of hot young blue stars along its spiral arms, and clouds of hydrogen gas glowing in red.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA |