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Although this cluster of stars gained its name due to its five brightest stars, it is home to hundreds more. The...
NASA/ESA Hubble Release Date: March 25, 2010 This image shows a smoothed reconstruction of the total (mostly dark)...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft is lowered toward a work stand....
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft is placed on a work stand. Foreign...
Milky way - The real shape of our galaxy is revealed in this infrared image obtained by IRAS. Infrared light...
This visible-light image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey shows spiral galaxy NGC 7331, center, where astronomers...
The discovery of likely Eta Carinae twins in other galaxies will help scientists better understand this brief phase...
Despite being less famous than their elliptical and spiral galactic cousins, irregular dwarf galaxies, such as the...
This picture showcases a gravitational lensing system called SDSS J0928+2031. Astronomers are using NASA/ESA Hubble...
This animation shows two massive black holes in the OJ 287 galaxy. The smaller black hole orbits the larger one,...
iss071e418742 (Aug. 6, 2024) --- The Large Magellanic Cloud (center) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (upper left),...
A nighttime shot shows some of the antennas of the Owens Valley Long Wavelength Array in California, with the center...
Highlights from the March 11, 2025, launch of NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope, which will observe hundreds of...
Release date: July 1, 2008 SN 1006 Supernova Remnant (Hubble) A delicate ribbon of gas floats eerily in our galaxy....
This panoramic view encompasses the entire sky as seen by Two Micron All-Sky Survey. The measured brightnesses of...
For 40 years, NASA has expanded our view of the universe with space telescopes that detect infrared light, which is...
NASA image release May 20, 2011 To see a really cool video related to this image go here:...
NASA image release Thursday, May 31, 2012 To view a video from this Hubble release go to:...
NASA image release January 23, 2013 Nearly 200 000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite...
This image captures the stunning NGC 6535, a globular cluster 22,000 light-years away in the constellation of...
The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), the newest camera on the Hubble Space Telescope, has captured a spectacular...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility prepare to demate the Galaxy Evolution...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft is demated from its Pegasus launch...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Workers in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility begin demating the Galaxy Evolution...