Andromeda never looked as good as it does in a new image from the Chandra X-ray observatory and a range of powerful ...

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about ...

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 thelatest release from NASA, stunning new images of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) have captured the attention of the global scientific community. Andromeda, located around 2.5 million light-years from ...

GALEX was developed under NASA's Explorers Program managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. In May 2012, NASA loaned GALEX to Caltech, which continues spacecraft operations and data ...

See photos of galaxies across the universe from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, or GALEX, space telescope, which launched in 2003 and shut down in 2013.

NASA extended GALEX but eventually stopped funding it in February 2011. In May 2012, the agency made an unprecedented move, handing the spacecraft's reins over to the California Institute of ...

One of NASA’s prize workhorses, the spacecraft Galaxy Evolution Explorer, or GALEX, was decommissioned Friday after 10 years of scanning the universe in ultraviolet light.

NASA released a selection of some GALEX's most popular photos from 10 years of scouring... NASA shuts down telescope, releases some of its best photos Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

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 ...

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.