spiralgalaxy
8 photos tagged spiralgalaxy, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.
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Recent uploads
The last upload was January 2026.
Nursery of New Stars from NASA on The Commons uploaded January 2026
Galactic Silhouettes from NASA on The Commons uploaded May 2025
Galaxy NGC 300 from NASA on The Commons uploaded February 2021
Chandra Captures Galaxy Sparkling in X-rays from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2015
The supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy. from Smithsonian Institution uploaded October 2008
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The supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy.
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A Spectacular Image to Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy: A face-on spiral galaxy about 22 million light years from Earth.
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Smithsonian Institution said:
To learn more about Chandra X-ray Observatory images, visit: blog.photography.si.edu/2009/05/11/seeing-the-invisible/ blog.photography.si.edu/2009/06/01/seeing-the-invisible-p...
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Andy said:
Wonderful! THIS is how I like to see my tax dollars spent, not killing people, but furthering our understanding of life, the universe, and everything.
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hiroy71 said:
Meravigliosa.
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fjschloesser said:
ich Schwachkopf bekomm diese Vielfalt von Millionen Sonnen nicht unter meine Mütze. Da sage mir einer, das war schon immer so ! ? Ich bin glücklich, dass ich jedem Tag, den Gott geschaffen hat, unserem Schöpfer danken kann, dass es mich gibt und dass ich solche Wunder auch täglich am Wegesrand erleben kann, oder in unserer Wildnis in Belgien wie der STERN auf 2 Fotoseiten berichtete www.frajo.de.tl *fin*
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Gil Jacobus said:
Interessante é a forma irregular da espiral, considerando a velocidade homogênia do disco, suponho, claro...........o que temos que ainda descobrir nesta área.........saberemos daqui a 500 anos?
Sombrero Galaxy: A Great Observatories View (A spiral galaxy, also known as M104, in the Virgo cluster about 28 million light years away.)
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Helmuts Rudzītis said:
amazing space, the older i get, the more i want to go outthere :D
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duiceburger said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called NASA - Public Domain, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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Western_Rush said:
Awesome! Beyond words!