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NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer took this near ultraviolet image of Messier 101 on June 20, 2003. Messier 101 is a...
NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer took this image of the spiral galaxy Messier 51 on June 19 and 20, 2003. Messier 51...
The galaxy Messier 101 is a swirling spiral of stars, gas, and dust. Messier 101 is nearly twice as wide as our...
This image of the spiral galaxy Messier 83 was taken by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer on June 7, 2003. Located 15...
This image of the Globular cluster Messier 2 (M2) was taken by Galaxy Evolution Explorer on August 20, 2003. This...
This image shows the galaxy Messier 94, which lies in the small northern constellation of the Hunting Dogs, about 16...
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows Messier 96, a spiral galaxy just over 35 million light-years away in...
The magnificent spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 are highlighted in this image from NASA Spitzer Space...
The Pinwheel galaxy, otherwise known as Messier 101, sports bright reddish edges in this new infrared image from...
The tangled arms of the Pinwheel galaxy, otherwise known as Messier 101, are decked out in red in this new infrared...
This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M87), the home galaxy of the...
This single orbit exposure, ultraviolet color image of Messier 101 was taken by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer on...
The magnificent and dusty spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 are highlighted in these NASA Spitzer Space...
The arrangement of the spiral arms in the galaxy Messier 63, seen here in a new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space...
This ultraviolet image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows the Southern Pinwheel galaxy, also know as Messier...
Here we see two different views of the spiral galaxy, Messier 81. On the left is an image taken in blue light, while...
The galaxy Messier 100, or M100, shows its swirling spiral in this infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope....
The magnificent spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 are highlighted in this NASA Spitzer Space Telescope...
This image shows the galaxy Messier 94, which lies in the small northern constellation of the Hunting Dogs, about 16...
The perfectly picturesque spiral galaxy known as Messier 81, or M81, looks sharp in this new composite from NASA...
This image from NASA Wide-Field Infrared Explorer features two stunning galaxies engaged in an intergalactic dance....
Residing roughly 17 million light years from Earth, in the northern constellation Coma Berenices, is a merged star...
Atlas Image mosaic, covering 14.8 x 20.0 on the sky, of the Trifid Nebula, aka Messier 20 and NGC 6514. The Trifid...
This image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, shows four galaxies in the Virgo cluster: Messier 59,...