Perplexing 16-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery Solved, Revealing Stellar Missing Link
The Blue Ring Nebula, which perplexed scientists for over a decade, appears to be the youngest known example of two stars merged into one. In…
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GALEX Reveals Flares May Threaten Habitability of Planets Near Red Dwarfs
Using 10 years of ultraviolet observations by NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Spacecraft, astronomers examine the habitability of planets near red dwarfs. Cool dwarf stars…
Astronomers Reveal the Secrets of ‘Frankenstein’ Galaxy UGC 1382
Using data from NASA telescopes and other observatories, astronomers reveal the secrets of UGC 1382, revealing that the galaxy is 10 times bigger than previously…
GALEX and the Hubble Reveal New Details on Colliding Black Holes
Using ultraviolet data from GALEX and the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers reveal new details about merging black holes. Entangled by gravity and destined to merge,…
New Findings Will Help Light the Way to Understanding Dark Energy
Astronomers used data from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer to analyze several sites where dead stars once exploded, revealing that the Type Ia supernovae affiliated with…
New Evidence Supports “Inside-Out” Theory of Galaxy Evolution
Using data from NASA’s WISE and GALEX missions, astronomers have gathered new evidence for the “inside-out” theory of galaxy growth, showing that bursts of star…
NASA Decommissions GALEX
After a decade of service, operators at Orbital Sciences Corporation sent the signal to decommission NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer. NASA has turned off its Galaxy…
GALEX Data Reveals NGC 6872 as the Largest-Known Spiral Galaxy
Based on data from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer mission, a team of international astronomers has declared barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 the largest-known spiral galaxy….
NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer Set to be Decommissioned
Launched on April 28, 2003, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, or Galex, was on a mission to study aspects of galaxies across 10 billion years of…