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Sometimes, the best way to understand how something works is to take it apart. The same is true for galaxies like...
At the center of this amazing Hubble image is the elliptical galaxy NGC 3610. Surrounding the galaxy are a wealth of...
This ultraviolet image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer is of the large face on spiral galaxy NGC 3344. The inner...
This false-color image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals hidden populations of newborn stars at the heart...
This ultraviolet image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer is of the interacting group of galaxies known as Stephan...
This ultraviolet image left and visual image right from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer is of the barred ring galaxy...
The image from NASA Hubble Telescope shows spiral arms and dust clouds in the nearby Whirlpool galaxy. Visible...
Astronomers using NASA Hubble Space Telescope have found a spiral galaxy that may rotate in the opposite direction...
The constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear) is home to Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy. Messier 101 is one of...
Globular star cluster NGC 362, in a false-color image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. Image credit:...
This delicate blue group of stars — actually an irregular galaxy named IC 3583 — sits some 30 million light-years...
NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer Mission celebrates its sixth anniversary studying galaxies beyond our Milky Way...
IC 342 is a challenging cosmic target. Although it is bright, the galaxy sits near the equator of the Milky Way’s...
This image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows the galaxy NGC 4569 in the constellation Virgo. It is one of...
Tucked away in the small northern constellation of Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs) is the galaxy NGC 4242, shown...
This image of the Andromeda galaxy, or M31, includes data from the ESA (European Space Agency) Herschel mission,...
This image of the Triangulum galaxy, or M33, includes data from the ESA (European Space Agency) Herschel mission,...
Astronomers have found unexpected rings and arcs of ultraviolet light around a selection of galaxies, four of which...
This image was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and shows a...
Most galaxies are clumped together in groups or clusters. A neighboring galaxy is never far away. But this galaxy,...
This composite of the giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 is 522,000 light-years across, making it about five times...
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the farthest galaxy yet seen in an image that has been stretched and...
By combining the power of a "natural lens" in space with the capability of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope,...
NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer found a tail behind a galaxy called IC 3418. This star-studded tail was created as...