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NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has captured this stunning infrared view of the famous galaxy Messier 31, also known as...
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope set its infrared eyes on one of the most famous objects in the sky, Messier 104, also...
NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer took this ultraviolet color image of the galaxy NGC5474 on June 7, 2003. NGC5474 is...
The bulk of a galaxy called Messier 82 M82, or the Cigar galaxy, is seen in visible-light data captured by the...
This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows a galaxy that appears to be sizzling hot, with huge...
This image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows infrared light from the Sunflower galaxy, otherwise known as...
This image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer GALEX shows Messier 94, also known as NGC 4736, in ultraviolet light....
Lying at the southern edge of the rich Virgo cluster of galaxies, Messier 104, also called the Sombrero galaxy, is...
This image is from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer is an observation of the large galaxy in Andromeda, Messier 31....
A large spiral galaxy dominates this view from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. The galaxy, often called...
The Dumbbell nebula, also known as Messier 27, pumps out infrared light in this image from NASA Spitzer Space...
This colorful picture is a mosaic of Messier 8, or the Lagoon nebula, taken by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey...
Galaxy Messier 74, with its spiral arms seen face-on, is in the center of this image captured by NASA Wide-field...
This image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows NGC 4565, one of the nearest and brightest galaxies not...
The subject of this Hubble image is NGC 5474, a dwarf galaxy located 21 million light-years away in the...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows Messier 96, a spiral galaxy just over 35 million light-years away...
In the 19th century, astronomer V. M. Slipher first discovered a hat-like object that appeared to be rushing away...
The razor sharp eye of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) easily resolves the Sombrero galaxy, Messier 104 (M104)....
The immense Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31, is captured in full in this image from NASA Wide-field...
How many rings do you see in this new image of galaxy Messier 94, also known as NGC 4736? At first glance one might...
This image captured by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer shows of one of our closest neighboring galaxies,...
This infrared image, from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, of M100 is a classic example of a grand design spiral...
This image shows the Andromeda galaxy, first as seen in visible light by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory,...
This sparkling jumble is Messier 5 — a globular cluster consisting of hundreds of thousands of stars bound together...