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NASA images: Desktop wallpaper from outer space

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    Saturn's rings from shadows

    Desktop wallpaper is one of the best ways to personalize your computer. And one of the best topics for desktop wallpaper is space. These 30 images are from NASA and their associate agencies and research organizations.

    For the best results, click the image above the description to navigate to the highest resolution image we have. That higher-resolution image is the one you should use as desktop wallpaper.

    Credit: NASA

  • Carina Nebula

    Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration

  • Eagle Nebula

    Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration

  • A portion of the Veil Nebula

    Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration

  • Spiral Galaxy M101

    Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration

  • Starburst Galaxy M82

    Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration

  • The Cone Nebula (NGC 2264)

    Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration

  • Supernova Remnant SN 1006

    Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration

  • Jupiter Globe

    Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

  • Jupiter Swirls

    Credit: NASA/JPL

  • Extreme Ultraviolet Sun

    Credit: ESA & NASA

  • Hubble Against Earth's Horizon (1997)

    Image Credit: NASA, Credit: HubbleSite

  • Earth

    Image Credit: NASA, Credit: NASA

  • Hubble Finds Extrasolar Planets Far Across Galaxy

    Artist visualization
    Credit: NASA

  • Mars with pole

    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

  • Cluster of Stars in Kepler's Sight

    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

  • NASA's Great Observatories Witness a Galactic Spectacle?

    Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/JPL-Caltech/STScI

  • Awash in Green and Red

    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/2MASS/SSI/University of Wisconsin

  • The Invisible Dragon

    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

  • Great Observatories' Unique Views of the Milky Way

    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/CXC/STScI

  • Vivid View of Tycho's Supernova Remnant

    Credit: MPIA/NASA/Calar Alto Observatory

  • All-Sky Infrared Survey

    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/IRAS/2MASS/COBE

  • Galaxy NGC 300

    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Las Campanas

  • Anatomy of a Shooting Star

    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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