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    Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX or Explorer 83 or SMEX-7) was a NASA orbiting space telescope designed to observe the universe in ultraviolet wavelengths...
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    theory of ring galaxy evolution does not appear to apply to this specific galaxy. While most images of the Cartwheel display three galaxies close together...
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    theory. NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer project on 16 April 2008 reported finding large numbers of new stars in the outer reaches of the galaxy—20 kpc from...
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    including dwarf galaxies, form in association with dark matter, or from gas that contains metals. However, NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer space probe identified...
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    arXiv:astro-ph/0612243. "Dark energy is driving universe apart: NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer finds dark energy repulsive". ScienceDaily. Archived from the...
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    of only around 240 R☉. Ultraviolet studies of Mira by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) space telescope have revealed that it sheds a trail of...
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    August 10, 2006. "NASA Telescope Sees Black Hole Munch on a Star". Galaxy Evolution Explorer. NASA. December 5, 2006. Archived from the original on April 25...
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    Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) The Herschel Space Observatory The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Data from these instruments will be used to construct...
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    In cosmology, the study of galaxy formation and evolution is concerned with the processes that formed a heterogeneous universe from a homogeneous beginning...
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    1990–1999) - Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (90.5-119.5 nm, 1999–2007) - Galaxy Evolution Explorer (135–280 nm, 2003–2012) - Hisaki (130-530 nm...
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    Heliosphere. Voyager Interstellar Mission Objectives NASA GALEX (Galaxy evolution Explorer) homepage at Caltech A Big Surprise from the Edge of the Solar...
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    these wavelengths is important for studying the origins of galaxies. The Galaxy Evolution Explorer, GALEX, is an orbiting ultraviolet space telescope launched...
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    launched August 1996, completed Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), launched April 2003, completed Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), launched October 2008...
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    years ago. It was discovered accidentally in images from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, identified as ultraviolet emissions. It is too faint to be seen...
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    Explorer 1 was the first spacecraft of the United States to achieve orbit. Over 90 space missions have been launched since. Starting with Explorer 6...
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    NGC 1291 (category Galaxy stubs)
    that it was a duplicate. This galaxy was cited as an example of a "transitional galaxy" by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer team in 2007. NGC 1291 faces...
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    Two-Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) Green Bank Telescope (GBT) The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) SkyMapper Southern...
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    age of the galaxy. As such, the starburst nature of a galaxy is a phase, and one that typically occupies a brief period of a galaxy's evolution. The majority...
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    Space Place include the NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission, NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, Galileo, Juno, and Mars Exploration Program missions, and ESA's...
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    loss of gamma-burst identifying satellite HETE (High Energy Transient Explorer). The Pegasus XL, introduced in 1994 has lengthened stages to increase...
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  • 860 nm Gaia (spacecraft) GALEX NUV = 175–280 nm FUV = 135–175 nm GALaxy Evolution Explorer GOODS (Hubble ACS) B = 435 nm V = 606 nm i = 775 nm z = 850 nm...
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    Hubble image of the core region Ultraviolet image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer Infrared, Spitzer Space Telescope List of NGC objects Planetary...
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  • GSFC – launched in 2004 Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) for NASA GSFC – launched in 2003 Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) for NASA/ Johns...
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  • Award (2004) for his work on the science team (2003-2013) of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer Satellite. In 2012, Rich was recognized with a Certificate of...
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    active area of research. Galaxy mergers are important because the merger rate is a fundamental measurement of galaxy evolution and also provides astronomers...
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    cosmic structures known as galaxy filaments. The cosmological evolution of the void regions differs drastically from the evolution of the universe as a whole:...
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    Satellite, and QuikSCAT, as well as the Small Explorer program which includes Galaxy Evolution Explorer, the Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite, Swift...
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    Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE), the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE), the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE), and the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)...
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    Abell 1942 BCG (category Elliptical galaxies)
    observed by Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), Spitzer Space Telescope, and Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), researchers found the galaxy displays ultraviolet...
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    Timing Explorer)". NASA. Archived from the original on 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2008-02-27. "NASA – NSSDC – Spacecraft – Details (X-Ray Timing Explorer)". NASA...
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