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Featured Images
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10-23-2018 The Cat's Paw Nebula MIPS & IRAC |
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08-09-2018 Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121b |
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08-02-2018 Spitzer Spies Supernova Remnant HBH3 |
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06-15-2018 A Tidal Disruption Event in Arp299B |
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02-05-2018 Illustration of TRAPPIST-1 Planets as of Feb. 2018 |
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01-31-2018 Arp 142: The Penguin and the Egg |
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01-22-2018 "Wrong-way" Winds on CoRoT-2b |
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11-01-2017 Polluted White Dwarf |
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10-11-2017 Giant Exoplanet and Debris Disk |
The nebula known as W51 is one of the most active star-forming regions in the Milky Way galaxy. First identified in 1958 by radio telescopes, it makes a rich cosmic tapestry in this image from NASA's recently retired Spitzer Space Telescope.
My Long-Distance Relationship With Spitzer
02.20.20
About six years ago, I was fortunate to have been given a chance to join the Spitzer Operations team. I had two jobs on Spitzer: sequencing and flight control.
