Acidalia Planitia — Fact Meets Fiction | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 19 July 16 In Spring 2015, images of the Acidalia Planitia region of Mars captured by the HiRISe camera, giving writers of "The Martian" inspiration for their big screen adventure to the Red Planet.
An Asteroid and Its Moon | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 18 July 16 In the mid-1990s, the Galileo spacecraft, on its way to the Jupiter system, captured this mind-blowing image of asteroid 243 Ida and its moon, Dactyl.
Dazzling Lights Crown Jupiter | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 15 July 16 Just like Earth, Jupiter's magnetic field channels charged solar particles to the poles which creates brilliant light shows called aurorae.
Juno Spies Jupiter, and More | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 14 July 16 Almost 4 million miles in the distance, Jupiter, the Great Red Spot and three of the Jovian moons wait patiently for Juno to arrive.
Ancient Ice Spied from the ISS | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 28 June 16 During his six-month mission aboard the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Tim Peake captured a photo of a large iceberg from the Weddell Sea.
An Intriguing Cosmic Distortion | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 19 June 16 Deep in space Einstein's theory is proven right again with this image of two galaxies forming an Einstein Ring.
Once in a Long While | Space Wallaper By Space.com Staff published 15 June 16 Across a 100 year time frame, Mercury passes between Earth and our Sun only 13 or so times.
Peculiar Outlier Galaxy Offers Unique Laboratory | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 13 June 16 UGC 4879 lies 2.3 million light-years from its closest neighbor, offering a rare opportunity for astronomers to study star formation untouched by interactions with other galaxies.
Darkness on a Dwarf Planet | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 10 June 16 It may have lost its status as a planet, but Pluto still offers much to space explorers.
On a Clear Day | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 31 May 16 From the ISS, ESA astronaut Tim Peake photographed the clear skies and building clouds over Europe.
Classic Model of a Familiar System | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 26 May 16 A first-rate example of a barred spiral galaxy, NGC 4394 rests some 55 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices.
Launch Success for Soyuz and Satellites | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 25 May 16 From French Guiana, a Europeanized Russian Soyuz rocket released two European Galileo satellites into orbit on May 24.
Alien Technology or Earthly Experiments? | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 24 May 16 Could this be evidence of alien invasion or simply a really cool angle of an antimatter experimentation on Earth?
Long Arms of the Condor Galaxy | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 13 May 16 The Condor galaxy is an unusually elongated barred spiral galaxy.
Mars' Jezero Crater | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 3 May 16 Don't let your eyes deceive you, this is not a satellite image of one of Earth's oceans.
Pluto's Glowing Halo | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 28 April 16 The blue haze seen around Pluto may be caused by sunlight-initiated chemical reactions between nitrogen and methane, leading to dusty particles in the atmosphere.
The Red Rectangle from Hubble | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 26 April 16 At 2,300 light-years from Earth in the Constellation Monoceros, the Red Rectangle presents an uncommon sight.
Electric Saturn | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 21 April 16 In a composite, false-color image snapped by Cassini in 2007, Saturn glows in unearthly colors.
Our Active Sun | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 20 April 16 The magnetic field of the sun reaches for the Earth through this large coronal hole in March of 2016.
Wild Winds of Mars | Space Wallpaper By Space.com Staff published 19 April 16 Erosion across Mars' face due to blowing winds has created many interesting features on the Red Planet.