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Ultraviolet images such as this one from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer suggest the M83 has unusual pockets of...
In the Multi-Payload Processing Facility, workers check the deployment of the cover of the telescope on NASA Galaxy...
This image composite shows a giant galactic blob (red) and the three merging galaxies NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope...
NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer took this image of the spiral galaxy Messier 51 on June 19 and 20, 2003. Messier 51...
NASA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged an unusual edge-on galaxy, revealing remarkable details of its warped dusty...
This ultraviolet image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer is of a diverse group of galaxy types. NGC 3190 is a...
Since its launch five years ago, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer has photographed hundreds of millions of galaxies in...
Evidence from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and Galaxy Evolution Explorer missions provide support for...
By spying on a neighboring galaxy, NASA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a young, globular-like star...
Young hot blue stars dominate the outer spiral arms of nearby galaxy NGC 300, while the older stars congregate in...
The outlying regions around the Southern Pinwheel galaxy, or M83, are highlighted in this composite image from NASA...
A colorful image showing violent star formation triggered when two galaxies bumped into each other has been captured...
This ultraviolet image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer left and visual image right of the face on barred and...
NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer and Spitzer Space Telescope combined to show a pair of interacting galaxies might be...
The Galaxy Evolution Explorer was launched on April 28, 2003. Its mission is to study the shape, brightness, size...
In archived NASA data, researchers have discovered "super spiral" galaxies that dwarf our own spiral galaxy, the...
The perfectly picturesque spiral galaxy known as Messier 81, or M81, looks sharp in this new composite from NASA...
A massive cluster of galaxies, called SpARCS1049+56, can be seen in this multi-wavelength view from NASA Hubble and...
An amazing edge-on view of a spiral galaxy 55 million light years from Earth has been captured by the Hubble Space...
A rainbow of colors is captured in the center of a magnificent barred spiral galaxy, as witnessed by the three...
A lumpy bubble of hot gas rises from a cauldron of glowing matter in a distant galaxy, as seen by NASA Hubble Space...
A lumpy bubble of hot gas rises from a cauldron of glowing matter in a distant galaxy, as seen by NASA Hubble Space...
NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer is celebrates its fourth year in space with some of M81 hottest stars. In this...
This false-color image composite from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals hidden populations of newborn stars at...