Project News

GALEX • August 11th, 2010

Astronomers have found mysterious, giant loops of ultraviolet light in aged, massive galaxies, which seem to have a second lease on life.

GALEX • June 17th, 2010

NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has discovered a galaxy tail studded with bright knots of new stars. The tail, which was created as the galaxy IC 3418 plunged into the...

GALEX • April 10th, 2010

Mission engineers and scientists with NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, a space telescope that has been beaming back pictures of galaxies for three times its design lifespan,...

GALEX • April 10th, 2010

Dr Mark Seibert and Dr James Don Neill explain what GALEX does in this International Year of Astronomy Video

GALEX • February 18th, 2010

Imagine finding a living dinosaur in your backyard. Astronomers have found the astronomical equivalent of prehistoric life in our intergalactic backyard.

GALEX • December 2nd, 2009

Engineers and scientists have several laboratory activities underway that are expected to aid in recovering the far-ultraviolet instrument on NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.

GALEX • August 21st, 2009

Engineers and scientists are continuing to work on the recovery of the far-ultraviolet instrument on NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.

GALEX • August 19th, 2009

For decades, astronomers have gone about their business of studying the cosmos with the assumption that stars of certain sizes form in certain quantities

GALEX • July 9th, 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...

GALEX • June 9th, 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...