Here’s how it works. This beautiful space wallpaper is a composite image combining a new infrared view of the Crab Nebula, obtained with ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory, with an optical image ...

This cool space wallpaper, centred on the B[e] star HD 87643, beautifully shows the extended nebula of gas and dust that reflects the light from the star. The central star's wind appears to have ...

Being able to download wallpaper theme packs is a fun ... Last I checked, Microsoft is not operating a deep-space telescope, and such images in 4K are rarely free. Of course, if you want free ...

Running Chicken Nebula is a stellar nursery located in the constellation Centaurus. See a 3D animation created from VLT Survey imagery of these stunning regions of space. Credit: Space.com ...

Today we're checking out the newest wallpaper-grade shot of the Tarantula Nebula, courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble has been in operation for decades, and was recently joined in ...

The Ring Nebula: Messier 57, more commonly known as the Ring Nebula, is about 2,000 light-years away in the constellation Lyra, and is best observed during August. It was discovered by French ...