To be published in "The Spectral Energy Distribution of Gas-Rich Galaxies: Confronting Models with Data", Proceedings of the International Workshop held 4-8 October 2004 in Heidelberg, eds. Cristina C. Popescu and Richard J. Tuffs, AIP Conf. Ser.

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Abstract. We review recent scientific results from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer with special emphasis on star formation in nearby resolved galaxies.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

The Satellite

The Prime Mission

NEARBY GALAXY SURVEY (NGS)

NGC 0253 and M82

M31, M32 and M33: Radial Gradients

M83: Extinction and Extended UV Disks

M101: UV Leakage and Recent Star Formation

Interacting Galaxies and Tidal tails

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