A Galactic Spectacle. NASA public domain image colelction.
NASA image release August 5, 2010 A beautiful new image of two colliding galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories. The Antennae galaxies, located about 62 million light-years from Earth, are sh... More
Happy Anniversary to a Galactic Explorer
The Galaxy Evolution Explorer specializes in surveying galaxies in ultraviolet light. Its telescope, 50 centimeters (19.7 inches) in diameter, has a field of view that is much wider than most ground-based and s... More
The Making of a Galactic Parallelogram
This image taken by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows in unprecedented detail the galaxy Centaurus A last big meal: a spiral galaxy seemingly twisted into a parallelogram-shaped structure of dust. NASA/JPL-Caltech
Spitzer Digs Up Galactic Fossil
This false-color image taken by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows a globular cluster previously hidden in the dusty plane of our Milky Way galaxy. Globular clusters are compact bundles of old stars that date b... More
Fires of Galactic Youth Artist Animation
This artist's animation shows a typical young galaxy, teeming with hot, newborn stars and exploding supernovas. The supernovas are seen as white flashes of light. NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer spotted three... More
Galactic Halos of Hydrogen, JPL/NASA images
This image shows two companion galaxies, NGC 4625 top and NGC 4618 bottom, and their surrounding cocoons of cool hydrogen gas purple. The huge set of spiral arms on NGC 4625 blue was discovered by the ultraviol... More
Galactic Hearts of Glass Artist Concept
This artist concept based on data fromNASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows delicate greenish crystals sprinkled throughout the violent core of a pair of colliding galaxies. The white spots represent a thriving po... More
Where Galactic Snakes Live, JPL/NASA images
This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows what astronomers are referring to as a "snake" (upper left) and its surrounding stormy environment. The sinuous object is actually the core of a thi... More
Galactic Pile-Up Artist Concept
This artist concept illustrates one of the largest smash-ups of galaxies ever observed. NASA Spitzer Space Telescope spotted the four galaxies shown here yellow blobs in the process of tangling and ultimately m... More
Wanted: Galactic Thief Who Steals Gas
A big galaxy is stealing gas right off the back of its smaller companion in this new image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. The stolen gas is hot, but it might eventually cool down to make new stars and plane... More
Galactic Dust Bunnies Found to Contain Carbon After All
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope captured the Cat’s Eye nebula, or NGC 6543, is a well-studied example of a planetary nebula. Such objects are the glowing remnants of dust and gas expelled from moderate-sized sta... More
Baby Stars Finally Found in Jumbled Galactic Center
This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows three baby stars in the bustling center of our Milky Way galaxy. The three stars are the first to be discovered in the region. NASA/JPL-Caltech
Galactic Bubble, JPL/NASA images
The large bubble is an embryonic star that looks set to turn into one of the brightest stars in our Milky Way galaxy in this infrared image from the Herschel Space Telescope. ESA/PACS/SPIRE/HOBYS Consortia
Galactic Metropolis, JPL/NASA images
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope contributed to the infrared component of the observations of a surprisingly large collections of galaxies red dots in center. Shorter-wavelength infrared and visible data are provid... More
NASA Great Observatories Witness a Galactic Spectacle
This image of two tangled galaxies has been released by NASA Great Observatories. The Antennae galaxies are shown in this composite image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the ... More
Galactic Behavior for the Outer B Ring
Keeping a close watch on the outer portion of Saturn B ring, NASA Cassini spacecraft records the complex inward and outward movement of the edge of the ring. This ring movement resembles the suspected behavior ... More
WISE Spies a Galactic Neighbor. NASA public domain image colelction.
This image captured by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer shows of one of our closest neighboring galaxies, Messier 33. Also named the Triangulum galaxy, M33 is one of largest members in our small neighbo... More
Galactic City at the Edge of the Universe
Astronomers have discovered a massive cluster of young galaxies forming in the distant universe. The growing galactic metropolis is known as COSMOS-AzTEC3. This image was taken Japan Subaru telescope atop Mauna... More
Galactic Train Wrecks, JPL/NASA images
This montage combines observations from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope and NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer GALEX spacecraft showing three examples of colliding galaxies from a new photo atlas of galactic train wre... More
The Case of the Warped Galactic Ring
This image from ESA Herschel Space Observatory reveals a suspected ring at the center of our galaxy is warped for reasons scientists cannot explain. The ring is twisted so that part of it rises above and below ... More
Galactic Haze seen by Planck and Galactic Bubbles seen by Fermi
This all-sky image shows the distribution of the galactic haze seen by ESA Planck mission at microwave frequencies superimposed over the high-energy sky, as seen by NASA Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. ESA/Pla... More
WISE Finds a Galactic Metropolis
A galaxy cluster 7.7 billion light-years away has been discovered using infrared data from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer WISE. The discovery image is shown in the main panel. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/WIYN/Subaru
Simulation of Galactic Collision Simulation
Computer simulations of the collision between NGC 6872 and IC 4970 reproduce the basic features of the galaxies as we see them today. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, after C. Horellou Onsala Space Observatory... More
Galactic Wheels within Wheels, JPL/NASA images
How many rings do you see in this new image of galaxy Messier 94, also known as NGC 4736? At first glance one might see a number of them, astronomers believe there is just one. This image was captured in infrar... More
Three-headed Galactic Blob, JPL/NASA images
The big blob-like structure shown here, named Himiko after the legendary ancient queen of Japan, turns out to be three galaxies thought to be in the process of merging into one. NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/NAOJ/Subaru
Galactic Metropolis, JPL/NASA images
The collection of red dots seen here show one of several very distant galaxy clusters discovered by combining ground-based optical data from the NOAO Kitt Peak National Observatory with infrared data from NASA ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Members of the winning teams in the Internation...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Members of the winning teams in the International Space Apps Challenge display their Galactic Problem Solver certificates. From left are SpaceWear team members Keith Hargett and Alejandro... More
Galactic Pyrotechnics on Display, JPL/NASA images
Anomalous arms are seen in this composite image of NGC 4258 from NASA Chandra X-ray Observator, NSF Karl Jansky Very Large Array, NASA Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope. NASA/CXC/JPL-Caltech/ST... More
Galactic Gathering Gives Impressive Light Display
This composite image of NGC 2207 and IC 2163 contains Chandra data in pink, optical-light data from NASA Hubble Space Telescope in red, green, and blue appearing as blue, white, orange, and brown, and infrared ... More
Public Domain Images - Galactic politics
Only rarely does an astronomical object have a political association. However, the spiral galaxy NGC 7252 acquired exactly that when it was given an unusual nickname. In December 1953, the US President Dwight D... More
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