If you like the Hubble images, you may well be able to use one or a mixture for your images for your background. NASA and STScI are pretty generous in regards to use of their images.

Here's their copyright notice and usage restrictions. NASA / STScI Copyright Notice

Fog...depends on what software you're rendering. A lot of them will have a "distance fog" and some will even have a "ground fog" option available.

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