![]() | A Mammoth Cosmic CollisionThis spectacular new image from the NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the group of galaxies called Stephan's Quintet has provided a detailed view of one of the most exciting star forming regions in the local Universe.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA |
![]() | Jupiters Great Red SpotWhen 17th-century astronomers first turned their telescopes to Jupiter, they noted a conspicuous reddish spot on the giant planet. This Great Red Spot is still present in Jupiter's atmosphere, more than 300 years later. It is now known that it is a vast storm, spinning like a cyclone.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team |
![]() | A Reflection Nebula in OrionJust weeks after NASA astronauts repaired the Hubble Space Telescope in December 1999, the Hubble Heritage Project snapped this picture of NGC 1999, a nebula in the constellation Orion.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team |
![]() | Mars Closest Approach 2007The NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope took this close-up of the red planet Mars when it was just 88 million kilometers away. This colour image was assembled from a series of exposures taken within 36 hours of the Mars closest approach with Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team |
![]() | Hubbles Variable NebulaHubble's variable nebula is named (like the Hubble telescope itself) after the American astronomer Edwin P. Hubble, who carried out some ofthe early studies of this object. It is a fan-shaped cloud of gas and dust which is illuminated by R Monocerotis (R Mon), the bright star at the bottom end of the nebula.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team |
![]() | The Spirograph NebulaGlowing like a multi-faceted jewel, the planetary nebula IC 418 lies about 2, 000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lepus. In this picture, the Hubble telescope reveals some remarkable textures weaving through the nebula. Their origin, however, is still uncertain.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team |
![]() | Ghostly Reflections in the PleiadesThe Hubble Space Telescope has caught the eerie, wispy tendrils of a dark interstellar cloud being destroyed by the passage of one of the brightest stars in the Pleiades star cluster. Like a flashlight beam shining off the wall of a cave, the star is reflecting light off the surface of pitch black clouds of cold gas laced with dust. These are called reflection nebulae.Download WallpaperPhoto by: NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team |
![]() | F-16 Fighting FalconA U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies a mission in the skies near Iraq on March 22, 2003.Download WallpaperPhoto by: U.S. Air Force |
![]() | F-16 night vision goggles1st Lt. Matt Edson an F-16 pilot with the Vermont Air National Guard peers through his night vision goggles on the tarmac of Burlington International Airport in South Burlington, Vermont, USADownload WallpaperPhoto by: Robert J. Trubia, MSgt, ANG |
![]() | F-16C 522nd Fighter SquadronA F-16 Fighting Falcons, assigned to the 522nd Fighter Squadron Fireballs, 27th Fighter Wing at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., head out for a Joint Red Flag mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range.Download WallpaperPhoto by: Tech. Sgt. Kevin Gruenwald |