Target:
Mission: Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), Spitzer Space Telescope
Spacecraft: GALEX Orbiter
Instrument: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC), Ultraviolet/Visible Camera
Size: 6019 x 6019
ID#: PIA15817
Added: 2012-10-03

The Helix Nebula: Unraveling at the Seams

This image from NASA's Spitzer and GALEX shows the Helix nebula, a dying star throwing a cosmic tantrum. In death, the star's dusty outer layers are unraveling into space, glowing from the intense UV radiation being pumped out by the hot stellar core.

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Target:
Mission: Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), Spitzer Space Telescope
Spacecraft:
Instrument: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC), Ultraviolet/Visible Camera
Size: 1130 x 1130
ID#: PIA15419
Added: 2012-04-03

The Beginning of the End of Star Formation

Time is running out for the galaxy NGC 3801, seen in this composite image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer and other instruments combining light from across the spectrum, ranging from ultraviolet to radio.

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Target:
Mission: Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), Spitzer Space Telescope
Spacecraft: GALEX Orbiter, Spitzer Space Telescope
Instrument: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC), Ultraviolet/Visible Camera
Size: 2853 x 1903
ID#: PIA14097
Added: 2011-05-25

Galactic Train Wrecks

This montage combines observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft showing three examples of colliding galaxies from a new photo atlas of galactic 'train wrecks.'

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