We live in amazing times. Every day you can download new images from space onto your computer and marvel at what’s out there. I like to turn them into wallpapers for my computer monitor. Usually I use space art, particularly from Digital Blasphemy. But, I also like to put up a really good astrophoto or artist’s conception of something from any of the many mission and space agency websites out there.

The image above is from the European Southern Observatory. The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics used it to illustrate a press release story about the numbers of red dwarf stars in our galaxy. You can read the full release here.

The best thing about all this? What you learn about astronomy and space when you browse the press releases that come with these great images!