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This ultraviolet image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows the Southern Pinwheel galaxy, also know as Messier...
This montage combines observations from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope and NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer GALEX...
This single orbit exposure, ultraviolet color image of Messier 101 was taken by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer on...
Combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory with radio observations and computer simulations, an...
This is an illustration of a supermassive black hole, weighing as much as 21 million suns, located in the middle of...
This image shows the galaxy Messier 94, which lies in the small northern constellation of the Hunting Dogs, about 16...
This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the spiral galaxy NGC 2841, located about 46 million...
The tiny red spot in this image is one of the most efficient star-making galaxies ever observed, converting gas into...
This image from NASA Hubble telescope shows one of the most distant galaxies known, called GN-108036, dating back to...
The spectacular swirling arms and central bar of the Sculptor galaxy are revealed in this new view from NASA Spitzer...
This view of the Sunflower galaxy highlights a variety of infrared wavelengths captured by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope.
Hot stars burn brightly in this new image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer, showing the ultraviolet side of a...
Two galaxies in a cosmic dance defy conventions. 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo, the more...
Image release January 11, 2012 A new Hubble Space Telescope image centers on the 100-million-solar-mass black hole...
This panoramic view encompasses the entire sky and reveals the distribution of galaxies beyond the Milky Way galaxy,...
NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer took this near ultraviolet image of Messier 101 on June 20, 2003. Messier 101 is a...
Andromeda Galaxy (ref; P-26394C)
Andromeda galaxy from Palomar Observatory
This diagram based on results from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Anglo-Australian Telescope illustrates two...
In this Hubble observation, astronomers used the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0647+7015 as the giant cosmic...
The galaxy Messier 101 is a swirling spiral of stars, gas, and dust. Messier 101 is nearly twice as wide as our...
Astronomers have found that stars are forming more rapidly in the center of a distant galaxy cluster than at its...
This little-known galaxy, officially named J04542829-6625280, but most often referred to as LEDA 89996, is a classic...
This image from NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope highlights the stars and dust clouds in the Andromeda galaxy....