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This plot of data from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope indicates that a flat, spiral galaxy called NGC 3621 has a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Ball Aerospace and Technology worker conducts a light sensor test on NASA's Kepler...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ball Aerospace and Technology workers conduct a light test on the solar array panels of...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ball Aerospace and Technology workers conduct a light test on the solar array panels of...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ball Aerospace and Technology workers conduct a light test on the solar array panels of...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ball Aerospace and Technology workers conduct a light test on the solar array panels of...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lights are reflected on the solar array panels of NASA's Kepler spacecraft during...
Galaxy NGC 5866 lies 44 million light-years from Earth and has a diameter of roughly 60,000 light-years — a little...
A runaway star, called CW Leo, plowing through the depths of space and piling up interstellar material before it,...
This ultraviolet image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows NGC 3242, a planetary nebula frequently referred to...
This composite image NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows Z Camelopardalis, or Z Cam, a double-star system featuring...
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the launch of NASA Wide-Field Infrared Explorer, the mission team put...
Atlas Image mosaic, covering 34 x 34 on the sky, of the Coma cluster, aka Abell 1656. This is a particularly rich...
The galaxy Messier 100, or M100, shows its swirling spiral in this infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope....
Astronomers have discovered nearly 300 galaxy clusters and groups, including almost 100 located 8 to 10 billion...
This artist diagram shows the Smith Cloud as it arcs out of the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, then returning like a...
Artist impression of a firestorm of star birth deep inside core of young, growing elliptical galaxy.
A composite image of M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, shows the majesty of its structure in a dramatic new...
This striking NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the galaxy UGC 477, located just over 110 million...
This artist concept illustrates a star flying through our galaxy at supersonic speeds, leaving a 13-light-year-long...
It is known today that merging galaxies play a large role in the evolution of galaxies and the formation of...
IC 3639, a galaxy with an active galactic nucleus, is seen in this image combining data from the Hubble Space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A truck with the Kepler spacecraft in tow arrives at Astrotech in Titusville, Fla. A NASA...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., a Ball Aerospace and...