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This NASA handout image released on April 28, 2009 shows side-by-side images of M33, the ultraviolet image on the left was taken by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, while the ultraviolet and infrared image on the right is a blend of the mission's M33 image and another taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. M33, one of our closest galactic neighbors, is about 2.9 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum, part of what's known as our Local Group of galaxies. Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

This NASA handout image released on April 28, 2009 shows side-by-side images of M33, the ultraviolet image on the left was taken by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, while the ultraviolet and infrared image on the right is a blend of the mission's M33 image and another taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. M33, one of our closest galactic neighbors, is about 2.9 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum, part of what's known as our Local Group of galaxies.

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  1. In a photo provided by NASA, guests watch from the terrace of the Operations Support Building II as space shuttle Endeavour launches from pad 39A on the STS-130 mission early Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Endeavour and its crew will deliver to the International Space Station a third connecting module, the Italian-built Tranquility node and the seven-windowed cupola, which will be used as a control room for robotics. The mission will feature three spacewalks.
  2. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 07: Space shuttle Endeavour stands on launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 7, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. STS-130 Endeavour will make its second launch attempt early Monday morning after being scrubbed Sunday because of low clouds. The 13-day flight to the International Space Station will be Endeavour's 24th mission, the 33rd shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and one of the last five flights of the shuttle program, which is scheduled to finish in September.
  3. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 07: Space shuttle Endeavour stands on launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 7, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. STS-130 Endeavour will make its second launch attempt early Monday morning after being scrubbed Sunday because of low clouds. The 13-day flight to the International Space Station will be Endeavour's 24th mission, the 33rd shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and one of the last five flights of the shuttle program, which is scheduled to finish in September.
  4. This image provided by NASA shows NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, standing left, and other NASA mission managers monitoring the countdown of the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour and the start of the STS-130 mission from Firing Room Four of the Launch Control Center at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Sunday morning Feb. 7, 2010. Space shuttle Endeavour's launch attempt was scrubbed due to a low cloud ceiling over Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit:.
  5. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: In this handout image provided by NASA, The space shuttle Endeavour is seen shortly after the rotating service structure is rolled back at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. STS-130 Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station early Sunday morning. It will be Endeavour's 24th mission, the 33rd shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and one of the last five flights of the shuttle program, which is scheduled to finish in September.
  6. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: In this handout image provided by NASA, The space shuttle Endeavour is seen as strong winds inflate a windsock at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. STS-130 Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station early Sunday morning. It will be Endeavour's 24th mission, the 33rd shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and one of the last five flights of the shuttle program, which is scheduled to finish in September.
  7. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: Former astronaut and NASA Director Charles Bolden holds a news conference on the eve of the launch of Space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A retired United States Marine Corps general, Bolden accepted responsibility for the way the Obama administration's NASA budget cuts were announced to employees of the space agency, saying, 'I screwed up.'
  8. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: Former astronaut and NASA Director Charles Bolden holds a news conference on the eve of the launch of Space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A retired United States Marine Corps general, Bolden accepted responsibility for the way the Obama administration's NASA budget cuts were announced to employees of the space agency, saying, 'I screwed up.'
  9. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: Former astronaut and NASA Director Charles Bolden holds a news conference on the eve of the launch of Space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A retired United States Marine Corps general, Bolden accepted responsibility for the way the Obama administration's NASA budget cuts were announced to employees of the space agency, saying, 'I screwed up.'
  10. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: Former astronaut and NASA Director Charles Bolden holds a news conference on the eve of the launch of Space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A retired United States Marine Corps general, Bolden accepted responsibility for the way the Obama administration's NASA budget cuts were announced to employees of the space agency, saying, 'I screwed up.'
  11. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: Former astronaut and NASA Director Charles Bolden holds a news conference on the eve of the launch of Space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A retired United States Marine Corps general, Bolden accepted responsibility for the way the Obama administration's NASA budget cuts were announced to employees of the space agency, saying, 'I screwed up.'
  12. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: Former astronaut and NASA Director Charles Bolden holds a news conference on the eve of the launch of Space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A retired United States Marine Corps general, Bolden accepted responsibility for the way the Obama administration's NASA budget cuts were announced to employees of the space agency, saying, 'I screwed up.'
  13. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: Former astronaut and NASA Director Charles Bolden holds a news conference on the eve of the launch of Space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A retired United States Marine Corps general, Bolden accepted responsibility for the way the Obama administration's NASA budget cuts were announced to employees of the space agency, saying, 'I screwed up.'
  14. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: Former astronaut and NASA Director Charles Bolden holds a news conference on the eve of the launch of Space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A retired United States Marine Corps general, Bolden accepted responsibility for the way the Obama administration's NASA budget cuts were announced to employees of the space agency, saying, 'I screwed up.'
  15. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: Former astronaut and NASA Director Charles Bolden holds a news conference on the eve of the launch of Space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A retired United States Marine Corps general, Bolden accepted responsibility for the way the Obama administration's NASA budget cuts were announced to employees of the space agency, saying, 'I screwed up.'
  16. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: Former astronaut and NASA Director Charles Bolden holds a news conference on the eve of the launch of Space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A retired United States Marine Corps general, Bolden accepted responsibility for the way the Obama administration's NASA budget cuts were announced to employees of the space agency, saying, 'I screwed up.'
  17. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: Former astronaut and NASA Director Charles Bolden holds a news conference on the eve of the launch of Space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A retired United States Marine Corps general, Bolden accepted responsibility for the way the Obama administration's NASA budget cuts were announced to employees of the space agency, saying, 'I screwed up.'
  18. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: Former astronaut and NASA Director Charles Bolden holds a news conference on the eve of the launch of Space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A retired United States Marine Corps general, Bolden accepted responsibility for the way the Obama administration's NASA budget cuts were announced to employees of the space agency, saying, 'I screwed up.'

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  1. In a photo provided by NASA, guests watch from the terrace of the Operations Support Building II as space shuttle Endeavour launches from pad 39A on the STS-130 mission early Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Endeavour and its crew will deliver to the International Space Station a third connecting module, the Italian-built Tranquility node and the seven-windowed cupola, which will be used as a control room for robotics. The mission will feature three spacewalks.
  2. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 07: Space shuttle Endeavour stands on launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 7, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. STS-130 Endeavour will make its second launch attempt early Monday morning after being scrubbed Sunday because of low clouds. The 13-day flight to the International Space Station will be Endeavour's 24th mission, the 33rd shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and one of the last five flights of the shuttle program, which is scheduled to finish in September.
  3. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 7: Photographers wait as Low clouds hanging over the Kennedy Space Center will prevented the space shuttle Endeavour from launching today on its mission to the International Space Station. Another try will come Monday at 4:14 a.m. EST from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 7, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The 13-day flight to the International Space Station is Endeavour's 24th mission, the 33rd shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and one of the last five flights of the shuttle program, which is scheduled to finish in September.
  4. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 07: Space Shuttle Endeavour astronauts and mission specialists leave the Operations and Check Out Building while traveling out to launch pad 39A hours before launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 7, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. STS-130 Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station early Sunday morning. It will be Endeavour's 24th mission, the 33rd shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and one of the last five flights of the shuttle program, which is scheduled to finish in September.
  5. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 07: Space Shuttle Endeavour astronauts (L-R) mission specialists Robert Behnken, Nicholas Patrick, Stephen Robinson, and Kathryn Hire, with pilot Terry Virts and Commander George Zamka prepare to travel out to launch pad 39A hours before launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 7, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. STS-130 Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station early Sunday morning. It will be Endeavour's 24th mission, the 33rd shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and one of the last five flights of the shuttle program, which is scheduled to finish in September.
  6. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 07: With the Space Shuttle Endeavour astronauts on board, the 'Astro Van' travels out to launch pad 39A hours before launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 7, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. STS-130 Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station early Sunday morning. It will be Endeavour's 24th mission, the 33rd shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and one of the last five flights of the shuttle program, which is scheduled to finish in September.
  7. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 07: Space Shuttle Endeavour astronauts (L-R) mission specialists Robert Behnken, Nicholas Patrick, Kathryn Hire and Stephen Robinson wave to members of the news media before traveling out to launch pad 39A hours before launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 7, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. STS-130 Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station early Sunday morning. It will be Endeavour's 24th mission, the 33rd shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and one of the last five flights of the shuttle program, which is scheduled to finish in September.
  8. This image provided by NASA shows NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, standing left, and other NASA mission managers monitoring the countdown of the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour and the start of the STS-130 mission from Firing Room Four of the Launch Control Center at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Sunday morning Feb. 7, 2010. Space shuttle Endeavour's launch attempt was scrubbed due to a low cloud ceiling over Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit:.
  9. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: In this handout image provided by NASA, The space shuttle Endeavour is seen shortly after the rotating service structure is rolled back at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. STS-130 Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station early Sunday morning. It will be Endeavour's 24th mission, the 33rd shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and one of the last five flights of the shuttle program, which is scheduled to finish in September.
  10. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: In this handout image provided by NASA, The space shuttle Endeavour is seen as strong winds inflate a windsock at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. STS-130 Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station early Sunday morning. It will be Endeavour's 24th mission, the 33rd shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and one of the last five flights of the shuttle program, which is scheduled to finish in September.
  11. A low angle view shows the interior of the International Space Station's Cupola in the Alenia Spazio clean room in Turin, Italy in this NASA handout photo taken in August, 2004. NASA's space shuttle Endeavour will blast off on February 7, 2010 on one of the last remaining shuttle missions, and the U.S. agency's chief said on Saturday the days of big American solo initiatives in space were over. After launch, the shuttle is expected to deliver to the space station a third connecting module, the Italian-built Tranquility node and the seven-windowed cupola, which will be used as a control room for robotics. Picture taken August 2004.
  12. A computer generated scene gives the perspective of a crewmember looking through the Cupola on the International Space Station (ISS) with several of the Great Lakes helping to form the backdrop for the scene in this NASA handout image created on December 1994. NASA's space shuttle Endeavour will blast off on February 7, 2010 on one of the last remaining shuttle missions, and the U.S. agency's chief said on Saturday the days of big American solo initiatives in space were over. After launch, the shuttle is expected to deliver to the space station a third connecting module, the Italian-built Tranquility node and the seven-windowed cupola, which will be used as a control room for robotics. Image created on December 1994.
  13. The STS-130 Endeavour crew (L-R), Nicholas Patrick, Commander George Zamka, Robert Behnken, Kathryn Hire, Pilot Terry Virts and Stephen Robinson are pictured in this NASA handout photo taken August 4, 2009. NASA's space shuttle Endeavour will blast off on February 7, 2010 on one of the last remaining shuttle missions, and the U.S. agency's chief said on Saturday the days of big American solo initiatives in space were over. After launch, the shuttle is expected to deliver to the space station a third connecting module, the Italian-built Tranquility node and the seven-windowed cupola, which will be used as a control room for robotics. Picture taken August 4, 2009.
  14. Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson, an STS-130 crew mission specialist who will fly to the International Space Station aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, is pictured in this NASA handout photo taken January 21, 2004. NASA's space shuttle Endeavour will blast off on February 7, 2010 on one of the last remaining shuttle missions, and the U.S. agency's chief said on Saturday the days of big American solo initiatives in space were over. After launch, the shuttle is expected to deliver to the space station a third connecting module, the Italian-built Tranquility node and the seven-windowed cupola, which will be used as a control room for robotics. Picture taken January 21, 2004.
  15. Space Shuttle Endeavour Commander George Zamka, who will lead the STS-130 mission crew to the International Space Station, is pictured in this NASA handout photo taken November 28, 2006. NASA's space shuttle Endeavour will blast off on February 7, 2010 on one of the last remaining shuttle missions, and the U.S. agency's chief said on Saturday the days of big American solo initiatives in space were over. After launch, the shuttle is expected to deliver to the space station a third connecting module, the Italian-built Tranquility node and the seven-windowed cupola, which will be used as a control room for robotics. Picture taken November 28, 2006.
  16. A slightly high-angle view of the International Space Station's Cupola in the Alenia Spazio clean room in Turin, Italy in this NASA handout photo taken in September 2004. After installation by Endeavour's STS-130 crew the Cupola's seven windows will enhance the robotic arm operator's situational awareness, supplementing camera and graphic views provided by the computer workstation. NASA's space shuttle Endeavour will blast off on February 7, 2010 on one of the last remaining shuttle missions, and the U.S. agency's chief said on Saturday the days of big American solo initiatives in space were over. Picture taken in September 2004.
  17. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 06: Former astronaut and NASA Director Charles Bolden holds a news conference on the eve of the launch of Space shuttle Endeavour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center February 6, 2010 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. A retired United States Marine Corps general, Bolden accepted responsibility for the way the Obama administration's NASA budget cuts were announced to employees of the space agency, saying, 'I screwed up.'
  18. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Jr. (R) and Morrie Goodman, Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs at NASA headquarters, attend a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, February 6, 2010.

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  1. Body of a young victim of an avalanche lies at a hospital morgue in Charikar, some 50 km north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Officials said the avalanches have killed at least 28 people and left another 1,500 stranded in a snow-blocked mountain pass, with the Defense Ministry releasing a statement saying another 70 people have been injured as rescue efforts continued to dig out hundreds of vehicles stuck on the pass north of Kabul.
  2. FRANKFURT, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 09: Oliver Bierhoff, Team Manager of German German Football Association (DFB) shows Head coach Joachim Loew of German National team the direction during the DFB press conference at the DFB headquarter on February 9, 2010 in Frankfurt, Germany.
  3. Afghan men help a man to climg inside an army truck after an avalanche struck following heavy snow in the Salang Pass, some 100 kms north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Avalanches roared down a mountain pass north of Afghanistan's capital, killing at least 28 people and leaving hundreds more stranded in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, officials said Tuesday.
  4. An Afghan man carries his luggage, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010, as he walks towards an army truck during the evacuation from the avalanche which struck the Salang Pass, some 100 km north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Officials said the avalanches have killed at least 28 people and left another 1,500 stranded in a snow-blocked mountain pass, with the Defense Ministry releasing a statement saying another 70 people have been injured as rescue efforts continued to dig out hundreds of vehicles stuck on the pass north of Kabul.
  5. Spain's King Juan Carlos, left, salutes as he reviews an honor guard of Spanish UN peacekeepers, at their base in Marjayoun, south of Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. Spanish King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia arrived to Lebanon for the first time on Monday for two day visit to meet with Lebanese officials and to visit the Spanish UN peacekeaper soldiers in south Lebanon.
  6. RENFREW, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 09: Stagecoach tests the amphibious bus for a second day, on the River Clyde on February 9, 2010 in Glasgow, Scotland. The £700,000 Dutch made amfibus could eventually replace the existing ferry service which is being scraped in March due to costs.
  7. Spain's King Juan Carlos, in military uniform, left, stands next to Spain's Defense Minister Carme Chacon, third left, as they review an honor guard of Spanish UN peacekeepers at their base in Marjayoun, south of Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. Spanish King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia arrived to Lebanon for the first time on Monday for a two-day visit to meet with Lebanese officials and to visit the Spanish UN peacekeeping soldiers in south Lebanon.
  8. FRANKFURT, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 09: (L-R) Oliver Bierhoff, Team Manager of German German Football Association (DFB), Head coach Joachim Loew of German National team and Theo Zwanziger, president of the German Football Association (DFB) are seen during the DFB press conference at the DFB headquarter on February 9, 2010 in Frankfurt, Germany.
  9. A young survivor of Haiti's recent earthquake rests at his tent at Silvio Cantor stadium in Port-au-Prince February 9, 2010. The 7.0 magnitude quake which struck Haiti on January 12 is estimated to have killed up to 200,000 people.
  10. FRANKFURT, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 09: (L-R) Wolfgang Niersbach, General Secretary of German football Association (DFB), Oliver Bierhoff, Team Manager of German German Football Association (DFB), Theo Zwanziger, president of the German Football Association (DFB) and Head coach Joachim Loew of German National team arrive to the DFB press conference at the DFB headquarter on February 9, 2010 in Frankfurt, Germany.
  11. A Somali boy sits on a set of water taps in al-Basateen slum neighbourhood of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 6, 2010. Somalis fleeing war have long found refuge in Yemen, seen as a way station to Saudi Arabia, but fear of al Qaeda infiltration has cooled their welcome. Picture taken February 6, 2010.
  12. Egypt's top archaeologist Zahi Hawass walks at the Sultan Shah Mosque as he opens it to the public in Cairo February 9, 2010, after restoration works have completed at the mosque and many other Islamic monuments.
  13. FRANKFURT, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 09: (L-R) Oliver Bierhoff, Team Manager of German German Football Association (DFB), Head coach Joachim Loew of German National team and Theo Zwanziger, president of the German Football Association (DFB) leave the DFB press conference at the DFB headquarter on February 9, 2010 in Frankfurt, Germany.
  14. LONDON - FEBRUARY 09: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II receives the Ambassador of Iceland Benedikt Jonsson as he presents his Credentials, at Buckingham Palace, February 09, 2010 in London, England.
  15. A Somali woman stands at the door of her house in al-Basateen slum neighbourhood of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 6, 2010. Somalis fleeing war have long found refuge in Yemen, seen as a way station to Saudi Arabia, but fear of al Qaeda infiltration has cooled their welcome. Picture taken February 6, 2010.
  16. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem in this February 7, 2010 file picture. Netanyahu called for immediate and "crippling" sanctions against Iran on February 9, 2010, as it began making higher-grade nuclear fuel in defiance of international censure.
  17. The media suround Egypt's top archaeologist Zahi Hawass at the Sultan Shah Mosque as he opens it to the public in Cairo February 9, 2010, after restoration works have completed at the mosque and many other Islamic monuments.
  18. Afghans get into an army truck Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010, after being evacuated from the avalanche which struck the Salang Pass, some 100 kms noth of Kabul, Afghanistan. Officials said the avalanches have killed at least 28 people and left another 1,500 stranded in a snow-blocked mountain pass, with the Defense Ministry releasing a statement saying another 70 people have been injured as rescue efforts continued to dig out hundreds of vehicles stuck on the pass north of Kabul.