![]() sig14-030 12.12.14 Galactic Gathering Gives Sparkling Light DisplayAt this time of year, holiday parties often include festive lights. When galaxies get together, they also may be surr... view image |
![]() sig14-004a 02.26.14 The Cigar Galaxy M82This image shows M82, also known as the "Cigar galaxy," in infrared light, as observed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telesc... view image |
![]() sig14-004 02.26.14 Seeing Through a Veil of DustThe closest supernova of its kind to be observed in the last few decades has sparked a global observing campaign invo... view image |
![]() sig14-004b 02.26.14 M82 Galaxy with SupernovaThe supernova SN 2014J is seen in this image near its peak brightness in the first week of February 2014. It appears ... view image |
![]() ssc2013-07a 08.22.13 The Barred Sculptor GalaxyThe spectacular swirling arms and central bar of the Sculptor galaxy are revealed in this new view from NASAs Spitzer... view image |
![]() sig13-004 05.16.13 Galactic Wheels within WheelsThis infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the double-ringed galaxy Messier 94. Just outside the b... view image |
![]() sig11-009 07.20.11 A Twisted Star-Forming Web in the Galaxy IC 342Looking like a spiders web swirled into a spiral, the galaxy IC 342 presents its delicate pattern of dust in this ima... view image |
![]() sig11-010 07.20.11 A Twisted Dust Web in the Galaxy IC 342Looking like a spiders web swirled into a spiral, the galaxy IC 342 presents its delicate pattern of dust in this ima... view image |
![]() sig10-025 12.23.10 Maffei 2: The Hidden GalaxyMaffei 2 is the poster child for an infrared galaxy that is almost invisible to optical telescopes. Foreground dust c... view image |
![]() sig10-023 11.18.10 A Powerful Shrouded StarburstThe collision of two spiral galaxies, has triggered this luminous starburst, the brightest ever seen taking place awa... view image |
![]() ssc2009-14a 07.23.09 Coiled Creature of the NightThe galaxy NGC 1097 is located 50 million light-years away. It is spiral-shaped with long, spindly arms of stars. The... view image |
![]() ssc2009-06a 03.16.09 Galaxies Collide to Create Hot, Huge GalaxyThis image of a pair of colliding galaxies called NGC 6240 shows them in a rare, short-lived phase of their evolution... view image |
![]() ssc2008-12a 07.10.08 Super-Starburst GalaxyThe green and red splotch in this image is the most active star-making galaxy in the very distant universe. Nicknamed... view image |
![]() ssc2008-12b 07.10.08 Bursting with Stars: Starburst Galaxy Zw II 96This image of starburst galaxy Zw II 96 shows what the "Baby Boom" galaxy may look like at closer range. view image |
![]() sig07-002 01.10.07 Older Galaxy Pair Has Surprisingly Youthful GlowArp 82, a pair of interacting galaxies, bask in the glow of newly forming stars, something the two pre-collision gala... view image |
![]() sig06-010 04.24.06 M82: Great Observatories Present Rainbow of a GalaxyNASA's Spitzer, Hubble, and Chandra space observatories teamed up to create this multi-wavelength view of the M82 gal... view image |
![]() sig06-007 03.31.06 Distant "SCUBA" GalaxyThis series of deep images shows the small field surrounding the brightest SCUBA galaxy (CUDSS 14.1) in this study at... view image |
![]() sig06-005 01.11.06 Cartwheel Galaxy Makes WavesThis multi-wavelength composite image shows the Cartwheel galaxy as seen by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer's Far Ultr... view image |
![]() sig05-021 11.22.05 Dwarf Galaxies Forming in Tidal TailsThis infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows little "dwarf galaxies" forming in the "tails" of two l... view image |
![]() sig05-014 09.15.05 NGC 2976The nearby galaxy NGC 2976, located approximately 10 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major near th... view image |