sig13-018 12.18.13 Galactic MetropolisThe large white and yellow dots in this picture are stars in our galaxy, while the rest of the smaller dots are dista... view image |
sig13-017a 11.14.13 Two Galaxies Masquerading as OneWhat might look like a colossal jet shooting away from a galaxy turns out to be an illusion. New data from the Nation... view image |
sig13-017b 11.14.13 A Galaxy on the EdgeThe thin edge of a distant spiral galaxy appears in sharp relief in the new image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope.... 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 |
ssc2013-05d 06.05.13 Galaxies in HidingThere are nearly 200 galaxies within the marked circles in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. These are ... view image |
ssc2013-05d1 06.05.13 Galaxies in HidingThere are nearly 200 galaxies in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. These are part of the Perseus-Pisces... 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 |
sig12-013 12.14.12 Revealing Hidden Black HolesThis composite image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3627, located about 30 million light years from Earth. view image |
ssc2012-14b 10.24.12 Spitzer Sees Stray StarlightWhen galaxies grow, they merge and become gravitationally tangled in a violent process that results in streams of sta... view image |
ssc2012-13b 10.03.12 Climbing the Cosmic Distance LadderAstronomers using NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope have greatly improved the cosmic distance ladder used to measure the ... view image |
sig12-010 09.26.12 An Artist's View of the Heart of a QuasarQuasars, as pictured here in this artist's concept, are bright, energetic regions around giant, active black holes in... view image |
ssc2012-12a 09.19.12 A Glimmer from a Dark Cosmic EraWith the combined power of NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, as well as a cosmic magnification effect, astr... view image |
sig12-008 08.02.12 Hot and Cold in the M100 GalaxyThe galaxy Messier 100, or M100, shows its swirling spiral in this infrared image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope.... view image |
sig12-007 08.02.12 The Swirling Arms of the M100 GalaxyThe galaxy Messier 100, or M100, shows its swirling spiral in this infrared image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope.... view image |
sig12-005 05.23.12 A Pinwheel Galaxy RainbowThis image of the Pinwheel Galaxy, or M101, combines data in the infrared, visible, ultraviolet and x-rays from four ... view image |
ssc2012-06a 04.24.12 The Sombrero Galaxy's Split PersonalityThe infrared vision of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed that the Sombrero galaxy -- named after its appear... view image |
ssc2012-06b 04.24.12 Sombrero Galaxy Not So Flat After AllNew observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveal the Sombrero galaxy is not simply a regular flat disk gal... view image |
sig12-003 03.07.12 An Audience-Favorite NebulaIf astronomy had its own Academy Awards, then this part of the Milky Way would have been the Favorite Nebula pick for... view image |
sig12-002 03.07.12 Finding Bubbles in the Milky WayA huge team of volunteers from the general public has poured over observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope an... view image |
ssc2012-01b 01.10.12 A Dwarf Galaxy's Star Bar and Dusty WingSmall Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light, is one of the biggest satellite galaxies of our home galaxy, though ... view image |
ssc2012-01a 01.10.12 Dusty Space CloudLarge Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light, this nearby dwarf galaxy looks like a fiery, circular explosion. Rat... view image |
ssc2011-10a 12.21.11 Distant Galaxy Bursts with StarsThis image shows one of the most distant galaxies known, called GN-108036, dating back to 750 million years after the... view image |
sig11-017 11.23.11 M83 The Milky Ways Smaller CousinThis spectacular spiral galaxy is known to astronomers as Messier 83. Colloquially, it is also called the Southern P... view image |
sig11-016 11.23.11 A Dusty View of Milky Ways Smaller CousinThis spectacular spiral galaxy is known to astronomers as Messier 83. Colloquially, it is also called the Southern P... 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 |
ssc2011-07a 06.30.11 Galaxies Near and FarThis split view shows how a normal spiral galaxy around our local universe (left) might have looked back in the dista... view image |
sig11-005 05.25.11 Galactic Train WrecksThis montage shows three examples of colliding galaxies from a new photo atlas of galactic "train wrecks." view image |
ssc2011-05a 04.12.11 Annotated View of Abell 383The giant cluster of elliptical galaxies in the center of this image contains so much dark matter mass that its gravi... view image |
ssc2011-05b 04.12.11 Gravitational Lensing in ActionThis illustration shows a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, which is used by astronomers to study very dista... view image |
sig11-003 03.18.11 Stars Gather in 'Downtown' Milky WayA view from the bustling center of our galactic metropolis. Spitzer Space Telescope offers us a fresh, infrared view ... view image |
sig11-002 03.03.11 Spitzer's SunflowerThe various spiral arm segments of the Sunflower galaxy, also known as Messier 63, show up vividly in this image take... view image |
sig11-001 03.03.11 Sunflower Galaxy Glows with Infrared LightThe various spiral arm segments of the Sunflower galaxy, also known as Messier 63, show up vividly in this image take... view image |
ssc2011-02a 01.12.11 Galactic City at the Edge of the UniverseThe growing galactic metropolis, named COSMOS-AzTEC3, is the most distant known massive "proto-cluster" of galaxies, ... 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 |
sig10-024 11.24.10 Bent Galactic JetsAstronomers have caught sight of an unusual galaxy that, like a lighthouse, has illuminated new details about a celes... 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 |
sig10-022 10.27.10 Buckyballs in SpaceNASAs Spitzer Space Telescope has detected buckyballs - intriguing, miniature-soccer-ball-shaped molecules - in inter... view image |
ssc2010-09a 10.27.10 Extragalactic Space BallsFor the first time, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected little spheres of carbon, called buckyballs, in a gal... view image |
sig10-018 08.18.10 Ancient Galaxy Cluster Still Producing StarsAstronomers have found that stars are forming more rapidly in the center of a distant galaxy cluster than at its edge... view image |
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