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Here are some cosmic photos. You can make any of these images into your computer desktop wallpaper. Just click on an image to enlarge it, and then choose “Set as Desktop Background”.
Stars at the Galactic Center
This is a nice image of the center of the Milky Way galaxy. This image was captured by the NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. Usually, the center of the Milky Way cannot be seen through regular optical telescopes due to dust and gas blocking the view. This image was taken using infrared cameras which made it possible to examine its center.
Runaway Star
Here’s a picture of the 30 Doradus Nebula located in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud. This view was observed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope’s Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS). Stars are also visible in the photo. These stars were believed to come from the giant star cluster R136.
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217
This image of a barred spiral galaxy called NGC 6217 was captured by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) of the Hubble Space Telescope on June 13 and July 8, 2009.
Seagull nebula
Here’s a great image of the Seagull nebula taken by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. This nebula is located 3,800 light-years away from our planet Earth.
Young Stars Sculpt Gas with Powerful Outflows in the Small Magellanic Cloud
This is a spectacular image of the star cluster NGC 346 taken using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The star cluster NGC 346 is located in the constellation Tucana and is 210 000 light-years away from our planet Earth.
We have written many articles that feature cosmos images for Universe Today. Here’s a collection of Hubble wallpapers, and here are some cool space images.
If you’d like more amazing photographs, the best place to look is NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day. I also recommend you check out the website for the Hubble Space Telescope.
We’ve recorded many episodes of Astronomy Cast, including one about Hubble. Check it out, Episode 88: The Hubble Space Telescope.
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