Science Poster and Virtual Backgrounds

An artist’s concept of a landscape framed inside a sphere, which doubles as an eclipse. The concept is composed of dusky purples, oranges, golds, and greens. In the left foreground, a young woman wearing a white dress basks in the rays of a solar eclipse. She stands under a bright orange fall tree rooted to the side of a rocky mountain trail. The scene overlooks a valley with a river running through the middle towards distant hazy blue mountains. Nocturnal animals – including a fox, owl, possum, and bat – emerge to investigate the sudden onset of night. A deer stands on a grassy knoll at right in front of a line of fall colored trees. The Milky Way trails across the sky, leading up from the young woman to the eclipse and glittering stars at top right. Two hot air balloons float in the distance. This concept was created in celebration of the Heliophysics Big Year, which is bookended by the Annular Eclipse in October of 2023 and the Total Solar Eclipse in April of 2024. It also serves as the cover of the 2024 NASA Science Planning Guide.

Virtual Background Size Chart

Infographic illustrating the various download options for the wallpaper and backgrounds

Posters

10x10 Science Poster (print resolution)

10x10 Science Poster (low resolution, 508 compliant)

Desktop Backgrounds

HD | 4K | 8K

Mobile Backgrounds

16:9 | 18:9 | 19.5:9 | 21:9

Pósteres en español

Póster de Ciencia 10x10 (resolución de impresión)

Póster de Ciencia 10x10 (baja resolución, cumple con la normativa 508)

Fondos para computadora en español

HD | 4K | 8K

Fondos para celular en español

16:9 | 18:9 | 19.5:9 | 21:9