[{"source":"remote","image-id":"GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001262","title":"spiral galaxy M83","caption":"JANUARY 9, 2014: The vibrant magentas and blues in this Hubble image of the barred spiral galaxy M83 reveal that the galaxy is ablaze with star formation. The galactic panorama unveils a tapestry of the drama of stellar birth and death. The galaxy, also known as the Southern Pinwheel, lies 15 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI\/AURA) Acknowledgement: W. Blair (STScI\/Johns Hopkins University) and R. O'Connell (University of Virginia) NASA image use policy.<\/a><\/b> NASA Goddard Space Flight Center<\/a><\/b> enables NASA\u2019s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA\u2019s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency\u2019s mission. Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/b> Like us on Facebook<\/a><\/b> Find us on Instagram<\/a><\/b>","alt-text":"","images":{"small":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001262\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001262~small.jpg","medium":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001262\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001262~medium.jpg","large":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001262\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001262~large.jpg"}},{"source":"remote","image-id":"GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000158","title":"Hubble Spies Spiral Galaxy","caption":"Spiral galaxy NGC 3274 is a relatively faint galaxy located over 20 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo (The Lion). This NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image comes courtesy of Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), whose multi-color vision allows astronomers to study a wide range of targets, from nearby star formation to galaxies in the most remote regions of the cosmos. This image combines observations gathered in five different filters, bringing together ultraviolet, visible and infrared light to show off NGC 3274 in all its glory. NGC 3274 was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel in 1783. The galaxy PGC 213714 is also visible on the upper right of the frame, located much farther away from Earth. Image Credit: ESA\/Hubble & NASA, D. Calzetti NASA image use policy.<\/a><\/b> NASA Goddard Space Flight Center<\/a><\/b> enables NASA\u2019s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA\u2019s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency\u2019s mission. Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/b> Like us on Facebook<\/a><\/b> Find us on Instagram<\/a><\/b> ","alt-text":"","images":{"small":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000158\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000158~small.jpg","medium":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000158\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000158~medium.jpg","large":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000158\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000158~large.jpg"}},{"source":"remote","image-id":"GSFC_20171208_Archive_e002154","title":"Barred Spiral Galaxy","caption":"Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI\/AURA) Acknowledgment: P. Knezek (WIYN) The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center manages the telescope. The Space Telescope Science Institute conducts Hubble science operations. Goddard is responsible for HST project management, including mission and science operations, servicing missions, and all associated development activities. To learn more about the Hubble Space Telescope go here: www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/hubble\/main\/index.html<\/a>","alt-text":"","images":{"small":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e002154\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e002154~small.jpg","medium":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e002154\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e002154~medium.jpg","large":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e002154\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e002154~large.jpg"}},{"source":"remote","image-id":"GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000097","title":"A New Angle on Two Spiral Galaxies for Hubble's 27th Birthday","caption":"In celebration of the 27th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, 1990, astronomers used the legendary telescope to take a portrait of a stunning pair of spiral galaxies. This starry pair offers a glimpse of what our Milky Way galaxy would look like to an outside observer. The edge-on galaxy is called NGC 4302, and the tilted galaxy is NGC 4298. These galaxies look quite different because we see them angled at different positions on the sky. They are actually very similar in terms of their structure and contents. From our view on Earth, researchers report an inclination of 90 degrees for NGC 4302, which is exactly edge on. NGC 4298 is tilted 70 degrees. In NGC 4298, the telltale, pinwheel-like structure is visible, but it's not as prominent as in some other spiral galaxies. In the edge-on NGC 4302, dust in the disk is silhouetted against rich lanes of stars. Absorption by dust makes the galaxy appear darker and redder than its companion. A large blue patch appears to be a giant region of recent star formation. Read more: go.nasa.gov\/2pGyA4o<\/a> NASA image use policy.<\/a><\/b> NASA Goddard Space Flight Center<\/a><\/b> enables NASA\u2019s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA\u2019s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency\u2019s mission. Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/b> Like us on Facebook<\/a><\/b> Find us on Instagram<\/a><\/b> ","alt-text":"","images":{"small":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000097\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000097~small.jpg","medium":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000097\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000097~medium.jpg","large":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000097\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000097~large.jpg"}},{"source":"remote","image-id":"PIA10392","title":"NGC 6090 - a Pair of Spiral Galaxies","caption":"NGC 6090 is a beautiful pair of spiral galaxies with an overlapping central region and two long tidal tails formed from material ripped out of the galaxies by gravitational interaction. This image is from NASA Hubble Space Telescope.","alt-text":"NGC 6090 is a beautiful pair of spiral galaxies with an overlapping central region and two long tidal tails formed from material ripped out of the galaxies by gravitational interaction. This image is from NASA Hubble Space Telescope.","images":{"small":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/PIA10392\/PIA10392~small.jpg","medium":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/PIA10392\/PIA10392~medium.jpg","large":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/PIA10392\/PIA10392~large.jpg"}},{"source":"remote","image-id":"0300606","title":"History of Chandra X-Ray Observatory","caption":"This Chandra X-ray observatory image of M83 shows numerous point-like neutron stars and black hole x-ray sources scattered throughout the disk of this spiral galaxy. The bright nuclear region of the galaxy glows prominently due to a burst of star formation that is estimated to have begun about 20 million years ago in the galaxy's time frame. The nuclear region, enveloped by a 7 million degree Celsius gas cloud of carbon, neon, magnesium, silicon, and sulfur atoms, contains a much higher concentration of neutron stars and black holes than the rest of the galaxy. Hot gas with a slightly lower temperature of 4 million degrees observed along the spiral arms of the galaxy suggests that star formation in this region may be occurring at a more sedate rate.","alt-text":"","images":{"small":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0300606\/0300606~small.jpg","medium":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0300606\/0300606~medium.jpg","large":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/0300606\/0300606~large.jpg"}},{"source":"remote","image-id":"GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001033","title":"Hubble Sees Spiral Bridge of Young Stars Between Two Ancient Galaxies","caption":"NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the dense galaxy cluster SDSS J1531+3414 in the northern constellation Corona Borealis. Made up primarily of giant elliptical galaxies with a few spirals and irregular galaxies thrown in for good measure, the cluster's powerful gravity warps the image of background galaxies into blue streaks and arcs. At the center of the bull's-eye of blue, gravitationally lensed filaments lies a pair of elliptical galaxies that are also exhibiting some interesting features. A 100,000-light-year-long structure that looks like a string of pearls twisted into a corkscrew shape winds around the cores of the two massive galaxies. The "pearls" are superclusters of blazing, blue-white, newly born stars. These super star clusters are evenly spaced along the chain at separations of 3,000 light-years from one another. Read more: 1.usa.gov\/1ztQvL9<\/a> Credit: NASA\/ESA NASA image use policy.<\/a><\/b> NASA Goddard Space Flight Center<\/a><\/b> enables NASA\u2019s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA\u2019s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency\u2019s mission. Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/b> Like us on Facebook<\/a><\/b> Find us on Instagram<\/a><\/b>","alt-text":"","images":{"small":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001033\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001033~small.jpg","medium":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001033\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001033~medium.jpg","large":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001033\/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001033~large.jpg"}},{"source":"remote","image-id":"PIA14098","title":"The Galaxy Menagerie from WISE","caption":"A colorful collection of galaxy specimens from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission showcases galaxies of several types, from elegant grand design spirals to more patchy flocculent spirals.","alt-text":"A colorful collection of galaxy specimens from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission showcases galaxies of several types, from elegant grand design spirals to more patchy flocculent spirals.","images":{"small":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/PIA14098\/PIA14098~small.jpg","medium":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/PIA14098\/PIA14098~medium.jpg","large":"http:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/PIA14098\/PIA14098~large.jpg"}}]

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