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Artist's Concept of Galaxy Evolution Explorer

Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Dec. 21, 2002

NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer was launched on April 28, 2003. Its mission is to study the shape, brightness, size and distance of galaxies across 10 billion years of cosmic history. This is an artist's concept.

Artist's concept of Galaxy Evolution Explorer

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