GALEX Recent News
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GALEX Status Update: August 21, 2009
Engineers and scientists are continuing to work on the recovery of the far-ultraviolet instrument on NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.
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Press Release: Galaxies Demand a Stellar Recount
For decades, astronomers have gone about their business of studying the cosmos with the assumption that stars of certain sizes form in certain quantities
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GALEX Status Update: July 9, 2009
Engineers and scientists are continuing the recovery procedure for the far-ultraviolet instrument on NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. On May 29, the instrument experienced an overcurrent condition and shut down.
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GALEX Status Update: June 9, 2009
On May 29, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer's far-ultraviolet instrument reported an overcurrent condition and shut down. The project reviewed data from the incident and confirmed it had the same characteristics as three previous incidents occurring in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
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Feature Story: NASA's Galaxy-Exploring Mission Celebrates Sixth Anniversary
NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer Mission marks its sixth anniversary studying galaxies beyond our Milky Way through its sensitive ultraviolet telescope, the only such far-ultraviolet detector in space.
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Image Release: The Extended Region Around the Planetary Nebula NGC 3242
This new image of the 'Ghost of Jupiter' is being released as part of the 'Around the World in 80 Telescopes' event for the International Year of Astronomy.
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Press Release: NASA Joins 'Around the World in 80 Telescopes'
A collection of NASA missions will be involved in a live event Friday, April 3, that will allow the public to get an inside look at how these missions are run. "Around the World in 80 Telescopes" is a 24-hour webcast that is part of the "100 Hours of Astronomy" event for the International Year of Astronomy 2009.
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From National Geographic: Death of a Star
GALEX captures a dying star hurtling through space, leaving a trail of glowing debris more than 13 light-years long.
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Press Release: New Recipe for Dwarf Galaxies: Start with Leftover Gas
There is more than one way to make a dwarf galaxy, and NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has found a new recipe.
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Press Release: 'Ghost of Mirach' Materializes in Space Telescope Image
NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has lifted the veil off a ghost known to haunt the local universe, providing new insight into the formation and evolution of galaxies.
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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.