Below you find a collection of digital backgrounds and wallpapers available from the NASA Astrobiology Program. Download them for your computers, phones, or videoconferences today and celebrate your interest in the origin and evolution of life on Earth and the potential for life in the Universe!
Digital Backgrounds
Check out the collection of astrobiology digital backgrounds!
Carl Sagan, An Astrobiology Hero
The name Carl Sagan is synonymous with excellence in science communication. From his seminal work in ensuring astrobiology was woven into the foundations of space exploration at NASA to his groundbreaking book and tv show, Sagan has inspired generations of scientists to consider the possibilities of the cosmos and our place within it. Sagan was an early career scientist when he was invited to participate in some of the first discussions of exobiology and astrobiology research at NASA. He went on to contribute to numerous NASA missions that shaped our understanding of life’s potential beyond Earth. To read more about his role in the history of astrobiology at NASA, check out Issues 1 and 2 of the Astrobiology Graphic Histories.Image credit: NASA Astrobiology / A.L. Gronstal.
Click here to download the Carl Sagan digital background from the NASA Astrobiology Program. (Desktop Wallpaper, Videoconference Background). Carl Sagan also features in the Astrobiology Heroes Presents series.
Lynn Margulis, An Astrobiology Hero
Lynn Margulis was the first female principal investigator of NASA’s Exobiology Program and was funded for her research in microbial evolution and organelle heredity. She championed the significance of symbiosis in evolution, now the leading theory to describe how eukaryotic cells evolved from prokaryotic origins.Image credit: NASA Astrobiology/Aaron L. Gronstal.
Click here to download the Lynn Margulis digital background from the NASA Astrobiology Program. (Desktop Wallpaper, Videoconference Background). Lynn Margulis also features in the Astrobiology Heroes Presents series.
Astrobiology Issue #8: Mission Medley
A medley of missions from the Issue 8 of Astrobiology: The Story of our Search for Life in the Universe.Image credit: NASA Astrobiology/ Aaron Gronstal.
Click here to download the Mission to Mars Medley digital background from the NASA Astrobiology Program. (Desktop Wallpaper, Videoconference Background)
Mars Sample Return
A medley of missions from the Issue 8 of Astrobiology: The Story of our Search for Life in the Universe.Image credit: NASA Astrobiology/ Aaron Gronstal.
Click here to download the Mars Sample Return digital background from the NASA Astrobiology Program. (Desktop Wallpaper, Videoconference Background)
Arecibo Observatory Radio Telescope, Puerto Rico.
The Arecibo Observatory from the 8th issue of the Astrobiology Graphic History series. Also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center and formerly known as the Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory, is an observatory in Barrio Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico owned by the US National Science Foundation.Image credit: NASA Astrobiology/ Aaron Gronstal.
Click here to download the Arecibo Observatory digital background from the NASA Astrobiology Program. (Desktop Wallpaper, Videoconference Background)
Astrobiology Lab at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
The Laboratory for Agnostic Biosignatures (LAB) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center from the 8th issue of the Astrobiology Graphic History series.Image credit: NASA Astrobiology/ Aaron Gronstal.
Click here to download the Astrobiology Lab digital background from the NASA Astrobiology Program. (Desktop Wallpaper, Videoconference Background)
Earth Day: Celebrating the Earth and its Biosphere
Celebrate Earth Day with this digital background. Earth is the only planet yet known to host biology. Astrobiologists study the Earth and its biosphere in order to understand the potential for life beyond our planet.Image credit: NASA Astrobiology.
Click here to download the Earth Day digital background from the NASA Astrobiology Program. (Desktop Wallpaper, Videoconference Background)
Alvin – The Deep Ocean Submersible Explorer
Alvin is a crewed deep-ocean research submersible that in 1977, was used to explore the ocean floor near the Galapagos Islands and identified hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the sea for the first time. The finding showed us that deep ocean environments could be habitats for life on worlds far from the energy of the Sun. Suddenly, subsurface oceans on icy worlds in the outer Solar System became a focus of astrobiology research. Icy moons like Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus are now prime targets for astrobiology exploration.Image credit: NASA Astrobiology / Aaron Gronstal.
Click here to download the Alvin digital background. (Desktop Wallpaper, Videoconference Background)
Click here to download the portrait image of Alvin. (Phone Wallpaper)
Kepler – Eyes on Exoplanets
NASA’s powerful Kepler space observatory was designed to survey a specific portion of our region of the Milky Way galaxy. An important part of Kepler’s work was the identification of Earth-size planets around distant stars. Kepler left a legacy of more than 2,600 exoplanet discoveries, paving the way for future scientific efforts and the search for life beyond the Solar System.Image credit: NASA Astrobiology / Aaron Gronstal.
Click here to download the Kepler digital background. (Desktop Wallpaper, Videoconference Background)
Click here to download the portrait image of Kepler. (Phone Wallpaper)
Perseverance and Ingenuity
NASA’s Perseverance rover is exploring the surface of Mars. The robotic astrobiologist will be looking for signatures of ancient life while collecting samples that will be returned to Earth by a future Mars Sample Return mission. Perseverance is joined by its sidekick Ingenuity, a helicopter that performed the first powered flight on another planet!Image credit: NASA Astrobiology / Aaron Gronstal.
Click here to download the Perseverance and Ingenuity digital background. (Desktop Wallpaper, Videoconference Background)
Click here to download the portrait image of Perseverance and Ingenuity. (Phone Wallpaper)