GALEX Recent News
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GALEX Status Update: Jul. 1, 2008
NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer resumed nominal operations today, completing recovery from its June 13 shutdown, caused by an anomaly with the satellite's instrument processor.
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From University of Oxford: Ultraviolet Gives View Inside Real ‘Death Star’
Scientists have, for the first time, observed a flash of ultraviolet light from within a dying star giving vital evidence of how stars turn into supernovae.
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Feature Story: Galaxy Evolution Explorer Celebrates Five Years in Space
Since its launch five years ago, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) has photographed hundreds of millions of galaxies in ultraviolet light. M106 is one of those galaxies, and from 22 million light years away, it strikes a pose in blue and gold for this new commemorative portrait.
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Press Release: Stellar Birth in the Galactic Wilderness
A new image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows baby stars sprouting in the backwoods of a galaxy -- a relatively desolate region of space more than 100,000 light-years from the galaxy's bustling center.
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Feature Story: Revisiting Classic Stellar "Real Estate" with GALEX
Since its launch in April 2003, GALEX has glimpsed hundreds of thousands of galaxies -- revealing some of the hottest stellar neighborhoods in the cosmos. Here's a look back at some of the mission's most memorable views.
