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Fleeting Fiery Plumes | Space Wallpaper

January 28, 2014 | Wallpaper

This space wallpaper, snapped by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the star HD 184738, also known as Campbell’s hydrogen star.
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Colorful Jumble | Space Wallpaper

January 27, 2014 | Wallpaper

The glowing jumble of gas clouds visible in this stunning space wallpaper make up a huge stellar nursery nicknamed the Prawn Nebula.
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Ancient Tower | Wallpaper

January 24, 2014 | Wallpaper

This stunning wallpaper shows Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.
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Odd Alignment | Space Wallpaper

January 23, 2014 | Wallpaper

This space wallpaper shows an example of a bipolar planetary nebula known as NGC 6537 taken with the New Technology Telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory.
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Bright Spiral | Space Wallpaper

January 22, 2014 | Wallpaper

Lying more than 110 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Antlia (The Air Pump) is the spiral galaxy IC 2560, shown here in this stunning space wallpaper from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
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Glittering Specks of Blue | Space Wallpaper

January 21, 2014 | Wallpaper

The glittering specks in this cool space wallpaper, resembling a distant flock of flying birds, are the stars that make up the dwarf galaxy ESO 540-31.
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Smooth Terrain | Space Wallpaper

January 17, 2014 | Wallpaper

The process of selecting a site for NASA's next landing on Mars, planned for September 2016, has narrowed to four semifinalist sites located close together in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars, as seen in this space wallpaper.
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Little Bighorn | Wallpaper

January 16, 2014 | Wallpaper

This wallpaper shows Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana—an area that memorializes one of the last armed efforts of the Northern Plains Indians to preserve their way of life.
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Tortured Clouds | Space Wallpaper

January 15, 2014 | Wallpaper

Massive stars can wreak havoc on their surroundings, as can be seen in this beautiful space wallpaper of the Carina nebula from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
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Wind-Blown Land | Space Wallpaper

January 14, 2014 | Wallpaper

Prominent patches of wind-blown dust, possibly mixed with volcanic ash, radiate from Becquerel crater and into a neighboring crater, as seen in this spectacular space wallpaper.
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