Ringside an Icy Water World | Space Wallpaper By Space.com published 31 January 16 Cassini spacecraft captured this image of Saturn's moon Enceladus across the planet's rings.
Rebel Without A Configuration: A Beautiful, Messy Galaxy | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 29 January 16 Hubble recorded this image of fairly rare cosmic system, an irregular galaxy presenting a messy and unorganized shape.
Another World — Mars' Strange Surface | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 28 January 16 What appear to be tiny oases in a vast pink desert are thought to be Martian sand darkened by melting carbon dioxide ice.
Galactic Get Down: Galaxies Grooving | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 27 January 16 Hubble sent us yet another fabulous image, this time of a pair of galaxies gracefully dancing roughly 550 million light-years from Earth.
Connections in the Cosmic Web: Pandora Cluster | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 16 January 16 Galaxies, hot gas and dark matter combine, drawn by gravity, to create the Pandora Cluster.
First Look at Titan | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 15 January 16 Not what it seems, this image represents the last moments of descent as ESA's Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon Titan.
Bosom Buddies: A Galactic Pair | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 14 January 16 Near the The Triangle, a constellation in the northern sky, this pair of spiral galaxies draw closer and closer to each other.
Twin Jet Nebula: The Cosmic Butterfly | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 13 January 16 Over 4200 light-years away, this cosmic butterfly takes an odd two-lobed shape.
Veil Nebula: Supernova Remnant | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 12 January 16 The Veil Nebula, in the constellation Cygnus, is one of the most massive and brilliant features in the x-ray sky.
Stephan's Quintent: Galaxies Shimmering and Shining | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 8 January 16 This galactic group, originally discovered in 1877, uses data from multiple observation technologies.
Northern Lights and Rocket Launches | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 7 January 16 Launching experiments in rockets from the Arctic Circle gives ample opportunity to view the Northern Lights.
Beauty Out of Death | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 6 January 16 The planetary nebula ESO 456-67 shows the beauty that can be created by death, the death of a sun-like star.
Sputnik Planum's Mountainous Shores | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 4 January 16 Mountain sides of great water-ice blocks, varying from dark to light and some possibly revealing layers of Pluto crust, squeezed together to create the "al-Idrisi mountains."
Swirling Vortex on Venus Caught in Action | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 4 December 15 As the Venus Express spacecraft zoomed past the south pole of the a stunning photo of this swirling vortex
A Fond Farewell — A Star Says Goodbye | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 3 December 15 Menzel 2, a planetary nebula, arrives at its final stages of life as a white dwarf.
Immense Cloud Bubbles with Hydrogen and Infant Stars | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 30 November 15 A cosmic cloud known as Mon R2 holds bubbles of ionized hydrogen and baby stars at its center.
Thor's Helmet Nebula Glows Brightly | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 29 November 15 In deep space NGC 2359, a glowing cloud of gas and dust takes the shape of Thor's mythical helmet and the colors declare the composition of the beautiful patches.
Secrets of a Supermassive Black Hole Revealed | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 27 November 15 Combining the power of several telescopes, scientists discovered a magnificent image of the black hole in Hercules A.
Gravitational Waves, If We Could See Them | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 25 November 15 This computer simulation shows what two merging black holes would look like — gravitational waves rippling away from the impact.
