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Evidence from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and Galaxy Evolution Explorer missions provide support for...
This parallelogram shaped region of dust observed by ESA Herschel Space telescope can be best described using galaxy...
This image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows the galaxy NGC 300, located about seven million light-years...
This artist concept depicts a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy. NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer...
The dwarf galaxy NGC 4214 is ablaze with young stars and gas clouds. Located around 10 million light-years away in...
Created with the help of supercomputers, this frame from a simulation shows the formation of a massive galaxy during...
Ultraviolet images such as this one from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer suggest the M83 has unusual pockets of...
This diagram illustrates research from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer showing that black holes once they reach a...
A colorful image showing violent star formation triggered when two galaxies bumped into each other has been captured...
A brilliant burst of star formation is revealed in this image combining observations from NASA Spitzer and Hubble...
This mosaic reveals a panorama of the Milky Way from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. This picture covers only about...
In combined data from ESA Herschel and NASA Spitzer telescopes, irregular distribution of dust in the Small...
Galaxy Evolution Explorer observation of Stephan's Quintet and the nearby galaxy NGC 7331. Blue represents far...
It is known today that merging galaxies play a large role in the evolution of galaxies and the formation of...
The drizzle of stars scattered across this image forms a galaxy known as UGC 4879. UGC 4879 is an irregular dwarf...
NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer took this image of the spiral galaxy Messier 51 on June 19 and 20, 2003. Messier 51...
This is an ultraviolet color image of the galaxy NGC5398 taken by NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer on June 7, 2003....
The bright streak of glowing gas and stars in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is known as PGC 51017, or...
In the Perseus spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy, opposite the galactic center, lies the nebula SH 2-235. As seen...
This artist animation illustrates the universe early years, from its explosive formation to its dark ages to its...
NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer took this ultraviolet color image of the galaxy NGC5474 on June 7, 2003. NGC5474 is...
This video series focuses on two areas of science that the Hubble Space Telescope has helped advance: thee formation...
This Chandra X-ray observatory image of M83 shows numerous point-like neutron stars and black hole x-ray sources...
The smudge of stars at the center of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a galaxy known as UGC 5797. UGC...