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Nighttime Lights in a US Megalopolis | Space Wallpaper

March 23, 2016 | Wallpaper

The Eastern Seaboard includes these five major cities and glow beautifully in this image taken from the International Space Station.
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Pluto, As Seen by New Horizons | Space Wallpaper

March 22, 2016 | Wallpaper

Using New Horizons' MVIC Pluto's Sputnik Planum comes to life in vibrant colors.
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The Cosmic Whale and Its Galactic Neighbors | Space Wallpaper

March 21, 2016 | Wallpaper

NGC 4631, known as The Whale Galaxy, has been found to have a few close neighbor galaxies, including NGC 4627.
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Phobos: A Doomed Moon | Space Wallpaper

March 09, 2016 | Wallpaper

One of Mars' moons travels a path of doom, being stretched and pulled by Mars' gravity on its way to becoming a ring around the red planet.
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Light-Years and Luminosity: Tarantula Nebula | Space Wallpaper

February 08, 2016 | Wallpaper

The Tarantula Nebula, at close to 200,000 light-years away, is a stunningly bright, non-stellar object.
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A New Look at Europa | Space Wallpaper

February 02, 2016 | Wallpaper

Remastering data gathered by the Galileo spacecraft in the 1990s, experts released an image of Jupiter's moon Europa that a deep space explorer might see.
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Connections in the Cosmic Web: Pandora Cluster | Space Wallpaper

January 15, 2016 | Wallpaper

Galaxies, hot gas and dark matter combine, drawn by gravity, to create the Pandora Cluster.
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Twin Jet Nebula: The Cosmic Butterfly | Space Wallpaper

January 13, 2016 | Wallpaper

Over 4200 light-years away, this cosmic butterfly takes an odd two-lobed shape.
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Beauty Out of Death | Space Wallpaper

January 05, 2016 | Wallpaper

The planetary nebula ESO 456-67 shows the beauty that can be created by death, the death of a sun-like star.
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Black Hole Devours and Destroys | Space Wallpaper

November 30, 2015 | Wallpaper

Astronomers investigating supermassive black holes found proof that as they consume their cosmic neighbors, they also emit winds that blast matter into space the host galaxy could use to create more stars.
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