Sandeep Sagar
The Galaxy Evolution Explorer’s Greatest Hits
Andromeda, the Galaxy Next Door
Approximately 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda galaxy is our Milky Way’s largest galactic neighbor. The entire galaxy spans 260,000 light-years across — a distance so large, it took 11 different Galaxy Evolution Explorer image segments stitched together to produce this view.
Jellyfish Galaxy
Wispy tendrils of hot dust and gas glow brightly in this ultraviolet image of the Cygnus Loop nebula.
Star Tail
A speeding star called Mira can be seen leaving an enormous trail in this image from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer.
Plowing Through the Depths of Space
GALEX captured a second runaway star, similar to Mira, also speeding through the cosmos.
Helix Nebula
This is the Helix nebula, as seen in ultraviolet light. It is a star like our sun but at the very end of its life.
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A quarter moon rising above Earth’s horizon and above the air-glow of our atmosphere.
The image was taken on the final mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Columbia’s crew was killed on Feb. 1, 2003, when the shuttle broke up on re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere.
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Emirates Boeing 777-36N/ER banking over China
Emirates Airbus A380-861 A6-EDR by EK056 on Flickr.
Watching Planes! The Emirates A380
