Galaxy Evolution Explorer

satellite

Also known as: GALEX

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In ultraviolet astronomy
Another NASA ultraviolet satellite, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), was launched in 2003 and studied how galaxies change over billions of years. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), an ESA-NASA satellite launched in 1995, has studied the Sun and its hot corona in ultraviolet light.
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In ultraviolet telescope
…ultraviolet space observatories include the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), which was launched in 2003 and observes between 140 and 280 nm. GALEX is designed to observe hot young stars in other galaxies. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) can also serve as an ultraviolet telescope. A spectrograph sensitive to light between…
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