GALEX Videos
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Illustration of the Blue Ring Nebula Geometry
Animation showing the geometry of the Blue Ring Nebula, which is thought to be the product of two stars merging into one.
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Black Hole Flare Simulation
This computer simulation shows a star being shredded by the gravity of a massive black hole. Some of the stellar debris falls into the black hole and some of it is ejected into space at high speeds.
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Galaxy Evolution Explorer International Year of Astronomy Video
Dr Mark Seibert and Dr James Don Neill explain what GALEX does in this International Year of Astronomy Video
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A Real Shooting Star
This artist's animation illustrates a star flying through our galaxy at supersonic speeds, leaving a 13-light-year-long trail of glowing material in its wake.
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Explosions -- Large and Small
This animation shows an artist's concept of Z Camelopardalis (Z Cam), a stellar system featuring a collapsed, dead star, or white dwarf, and a companion star.
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Dwarf Star Erupts in Giant Flare
This movie taken by NASA'S Galaxy Evolution Explorer show one of the largest flares, or star eruptions, ever recorded at ultraviolet wavelengths.
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It's Not a Bird or a Plane
Galaxies aren't the only objects filling up the view of NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.
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Surprise Ultraviolet Party in the Sky
Galaxies aren't the only objects filling up the view of NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.
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Mission Log Video
The Mission Log video highlights the spacecraft's latest discoveries and unique view of the universe.
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Fires of Galactic Youth
This artist's animation shows a typical young galaxy, teeming with hot, newborn stars and exploding supernovas.
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How to Spot a Young Galaxy
This animation demonstrates that young galaxies are best viewed in ultraviolet light.
