A speeding star can be seen leaving an enormous trail in this image from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer. Nothing like this stellar "tail" had even been seen before at the time the telescope spotted ...
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A Star with a Comet-Like Tail
Plowing Through the Depths of Space
A runaway star, plowing through the depths of space and piling up interstellar material before it, can be seen in this ultraviolet image from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer. The star, called CW ...
Helix Nebula
This is the Helix nebula, as seen in ultraviolet light. It is a star like our sun but at the very end of its life. The star is a small dot in the center, surrounded by billowy layers of expelled ...
The Galaxy Next Door
Hot stars burn brightly in this new image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, showing the ultraviolet side of a familiar face.
At approximately 2.5 million light-years away, the ...
Cosmic Cartwheel of Color
This image of the Cartwheel galaxy shows a rainbow of multi-wavelength observations from NASA missions, including the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (blue), the Hubble Space Telescope (green), the Spitzer ...
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NASA's GALEX Reveals the Largest-Known Spiral Galaxy
01.10.13 - Measuring tip-to-tip across its two outsized spiral arms, NGC 6872 spans more than 522,000 light-years, making it more than five times the size of our Milky Way galaxy.
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Slide Show: Snapshots of the Universe
Images of life and death in the universe.
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Smart Art: Imaging the Cosmos
Ever wonder how astronomers get those amazing pictures from space telescopes?
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Galaxy Evolution Explorer Turns Two
See the universe in the ultraviolet.
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A Galactic Soap Opera
Our story begins in the deep, dark universe, where galaxies, like people, lead fascinating lives, filled with drama.
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