Puzzling Young Galaxy | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 13 March 14 This amazing space wallpaper shows an ultra-bright young galaxy known as GN-z10-3, discovered in the Hubble GOODS North field (Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey).
Dusty Disc | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 10 March 14 Only 12 million years old, or less than three-thousandths of the age of the Sun, Beta Pictoris, as seen in this space wallpaper, is 75 percent more massive than our parent star.
Disintegration | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 7 March 14 This space wallpaper from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the rare sight of the asteroid P/2013 R3 breaking apart. This image, the first in a series, was taken on Oct. 29, 2013.
Runaway Galaxy | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 6 March 14 The spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 looks like a dandelion caught in a breeze in this stunning space wallpaper from Hubble Space Telescope.
Cosmic Black Widow | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 5 March 14 Spinning 390 times a second, the "black widow" pulsar PSR J1311−3430 periodically swings its radio (green) and gamma-ray (magenta) beams past Earth in this amazing space wallpaper.
Space Junk | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 4 March 14 This space wallpaper is an illustration depicting the amount of space junk currently orbiting Earth.
Glittering Blue Cluster | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 3 March 14 This dazzling space wallpaper from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile shows the bright star cluster Messier 7.
Strange Black Hole | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 28 February 14 This space wallpaper is a view of the microquasar MQ1—a black hole in the galaxy M83—as it appeared to the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3.
Red and Dead | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 27 February 14 This cool space wallpaper shows a composite view of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1399. The stellar component, as observed at optical wavelengths, is shown in white at the center of the image.
Heart in Darkness | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 21 February 14 This fascinating Chandra X-Ray Observatory space wallpaper of the young star cluster NGC 346 highlights a heart-shaped cloud of 8 million-degree Celsius gas in the central region.
Radioactive Ash | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 20 February 14 This stunning space wallpaper is the first map of radioactivity in a supernova remnant, the blown-out bits and pieces of a massive star that exploded.
Cool Lab | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 14 February 14 NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory utilizes a magnetic trap that confines particles, allowing them to cool to temperatures just barely above absolute zero as seen in this space wallpaper.
Ice-Covered Giant | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 13 February 14 This space wallpaper shows Jupiter's moon Ganymede centered at 200 west longitude. This mosaic (right) served as the base map for the geologic map of Ganymede (left).
Sun Watcher’s View | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 12 February 14 This stunning space wallpaper is a composite of 25 separate images spanning the period of Feb. 11, 2013 to Feb. 11, 2014.
