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Despite its unassuming appearance, the edge-on spiral galaxy captured in the left half of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space...
A colorful collection of galaxy specimens from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission showcases galaxies...
This infrared image, from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, of M100 is a classic example of a grand design spiral...
AM 1316-241 is made up of two interacting galaxies—a spiral galaxy on the left of the frame in front of an...
This image of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 300 was taken by Galaxy Evolution Explorer in a single orbit exposure of...
NGC 4639 is a beautiful example of a type of galaxy known as a barred spiral. It lies over 70 million light-years...
This image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows the galaxy NGC 4569 in the constellation Virgo. It is one of...
This image highlights the hidden spiral arms blue that were discovered around the nearby galaxy NGC 4625 by the...
The tip of the wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy is dazzling in this new view from NASA Great Observatories....
AM 0500-620 consists of a highly symmetric spiral galaxy seen nearly face-on and partially backlit by a background...
This image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer highlights the Andromeda galaxy older stellar population in...
This parallelogram shaped region of dust observed by ESA Herschel Space telescope can be best described using galaxy...
NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer took this ultraviolet color image of the galaxy NGC5962 on June 7, 2003. This spiral...
This image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer shows the nearby galaxy M83. This is a spiral galaxy...
A large spiral galaxy dominates this view from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. The galaxy, often called...
This image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows the galaxy NGC 300, located about seven million light-years...
Located 10 million light-years away in the southern constellation Sculptor, the Silver Dollar galaxy, or NGC 253, is...
This ultraviolet image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer is of a diverse group of galaxy types. NGC 3190 is a...
Evidence from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer supports the long-held notion that many galaxies begin life as smaller...
This image shows the hidden spiral arms that were discovered around the galaxy called NGC 4625 top by the...
This pair of visible-light and near-infrared photos from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the giant star...
This single orbit exposure, ultraviolet color image of Messier 101 was taken by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer on...
A rainbow of colors is captured in the center of a magnificent barred spiral galaxy, as witnessed by the three...
The magnificent and dusty spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 are highlighted in these NASA Spitzer Space...