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composite of the giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872

NASA's GALEX Reveals the Largest-Known Spiral Galaxy

Measuring tip-to-tip across its two outsized spiral arms, NGC 6872 spans more than 522,000 light-years, making it more than five times the size of ...

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Kepler Discovers 461 New Planet Candidates

Four of the potential new planets are less than twice the size of Earth and orbit in the "habitable zone," where liquid water might exist.

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SOFIA/FORCAST mid-infrared image of the Milky Way galaxy’s nucleus showing the Circumnuclear Ring (CNR) of gas and dust clouds orbiting a central supermassive black hole.

SOFIA Spots Recent Starbursts In Galaxy's Center

Researchers using NASA's SOFIA flying observatory capture new images of a huge ring of gas and dust surrounding the Milky Way's massive black hole.

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Artist's concept illustrates an asteroid belt around the bright star Vega

NASA, ESA Find Evidence for Vega Asteroid Belt

Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the star Vega, the second brightest star in northern night skies.

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Artist's conception illustrates the brown dwarf named 2MASSJ22282889-431026

NASA Telescopes See Weather Patterns in Brown Dwarf

Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have probed the stormy atmosphere of a brown dwarf, creating the most detailed "weather ...

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