![]() | The Large Magellanic CloudGlittering stars and wisps of gas create a breathtaking backdrop for the self-destruction of a massive star, called supernova 1987A, in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby galaxy.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team |
![]() | NGC 3132 Pool of LightNGC 3132 is a striking example of a planetary nebula. This expanding cloud of gas, surrounding a dying star, is known to amateur astronomers in the southern hemisphere as the Eight-Burst or the Southern Ring Nebula.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team |
![]() | Seyfert 2 active galaxyNASA, ESA Hubble Space Telescope's face-on snapshot of the small spiral galaxy NGC 7742. But NGC 7742 is not a run-of-the-mill spiral galaxy. In fact, this spiral is known to be a Seyfert 2 active galaxy, a type of galaxy that is probably powered by a black hole residing in its core.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope |
![]() | Glittering JewelsThe NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has given us a keyhole view towards the heart of our Milky Way Galaxy, where a dazzling array of stars reside. Most of the view of our galaxy is obscured by dust.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope |
![]() | Galaxy NGC 4314This close-up view by Hubble also shows other interesting details in the galaxy's core: dust lanes, a smaller bar of stars, dust and gas embedded in the stellar ring, and an extra pair of spiral arms packed with young stars.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA |
![]() | Colliding Galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039The respective cores of the twin galaxies are the orange blobs, left and right of image center, crisscrossed by filaments of dark dust.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, Brad Whitmore |
![]() | The Lagoon NebulaThis Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image reveals a pair of one-half light-year long interstellar twisters, eerie funnels and twisted-rope structures in the heart of the Lagoon NebulaDownload WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA |
![]() | The Eagle NebulaThis eerie, dark structure, resembling an imaginary sea serpent's head, is a column of cool molecular hydrogen gas (two atoms of hydrogen in each molecule) and dust that is an incubator for new stars.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA |
![]() | NGC 4881This photo mosaic, which shows a field of distant galaxies, is a computer enhanced reproduction of a picture taken 4 March 1994 with the repaired Hubble Space TelescopeDownload WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA |
![]() | Jupiter's New Red SpotImage of the partial disk of Jupiter from ACS HRC on April 8, 2006 at 02:33UT. This contrast-enhanced image was taken in blue (F435W) and red (F656N) lightDownload WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, A. Simon-Miller |