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GALEX, NASA's galaxy-finding space telescope, retired this week. We look back at some of its most beautiful and momentous discoveries. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens ...

Last year, astronomers discovered extended stellar disks around the Andromeda Galaxy and NGC 300. The trend continues: NASA’s ultraviolet-sensing Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite has ...

The space agency decommissioned its Galaxy Evolution Explorer spacecraft, or GALEX, on Friday afternoon (June 28), NASA officials said.During its 10-year career, GALEX peered at hundreds of ...

GALEX—the Galaxy Evolution Explorer—observed the sky in ultraviolet, a high-energy form of light. Young stars still embedded in their birth clouds pour out this kind of light copiously, ...

NASA's GALEX reveals the largest-known spiral galaxy. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 28, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 01 / 130110170823.htm. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

GALEX was shut down at 3:09 p.m. ET Friday, when a decommission signal was sent to the orbiting craft, according to NASA, which has also published a photo gallery of compelling images from the ...

In May 2012, NASA released a new image of what it called "The Galaxy Next Door" taken by an orbiting ultraviolet space telescope called the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, or GALEX for short: ...

GALEX, NASA's galaxy-finding space telescope, retired this week. We look back at some of its most beautiful and momentous discoveries. By Graham Templeton July 1, 2013 ...

GALEX reveals the largest-known spiral galaxy. Astronomers have crowned spiral galaxy NGC 6872 the largest-known spiral based on data that shows it spans more than 522,000 light-years.

Home / NASA’s GALEX Reveals the Largest-Known Spiral Galaxy. Posted in Press Release NASA’s GALEX Reveals the Largest-Known Spiral Galaxy by SpaceRef January 10, 2013.

The spectacular barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 has ranked among the biggest stellar systems for decades. Now a team of astronomers from the United States, Chile and Brazil has crowned it the ...