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What's Happening: New Software Brings the Universe to Your Computer

The incredible images from NASA's "Great Observatories" and many other NASA space- and ground-based telescopes are now available to the public in an educational and innovative manner through the release of the free WorldWide Telescope software from Microsoft.more...

• The Second Stellar Baby Boom (April 30, 2008)
• Spitzer Spots Ancient Cosmic Urban Sprawl (April 8, 2008)
• Cosmic Searchlights Reveal "Lost" Galaxies (March 24, 2008)
• Spitzer's Eyes Perfect for Spotting Diamonds in the Sky (February 26, 2008)
• Cosmic Suburbia is a Better Breeding Ground for Stars (January 25, 2008)
• One Million Downloads for the Hidden Universe (December 21, 2007)
• Spitzer Studies Struggle of Galactic Teenagers (December 14, 2007)
• A Classic Beauty (December 11, 2007)
• Youthful Star Sprouts Planets Early (November 28, 2007)
• Spitzer Researcher Named 2007 Scientist of the Year (November 13, 2007)
• Spitzer Spies a Stellar Bubble Blower (November 8, 2007)
• To Catch a Galactic Thief (October 22, 2007)
• Infrared Galaxies Didn't Always Prefer the 'Suburbs' (October 17, 2007)
• Star System 'Just Right' for Building an Earth (October 3, 2007)
• Spitzer Astronomer Selected for Women's Hall of Fame (September 26, 2007)
• Open Your 'SkInfrared' Eyes in Old Pasadena (September 18, 2007)
• Cosmic Neon Lights the Way (September 12, 2007)
• Spitzer Celebrates Fourth Anniversary with Celestial Fireworks (August 24, 2007)
• Do Supermassive Black Holes Stunt Stellar Birth in Galaxies? (August 16, 2007)
• Terrabyte 2.0 Launches at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden on August 26, 2007 (August 16, 2007)
• Stellar Siblings in Serpens South (August 8, 2007)
• Planets with Four Parents? Spitzer Finds Evidence for Strange Stellar Family (July 24, 2007)
• Spitzer Searches for the Origins of Life on Earth (June 13, 2007)
• Running Rings Around the Galaxy (May 30, 2007)
• Life in the Cosmic Suburbs (May 28, 2007)
• Baby Stars Hatching in Orion's Head (May 17, 2007)
• Tour the Infrared Universe in High-Definition (May 16, 2007)
• Explore the Infrared Universe at Caltech's Bandorama (May 4, 2007)
• Spitzer Spies Jet-Setting Stars (May 1, 2007)
• Spitzer Learns About Carbon's Cosmic Life (April 26, 2007)
• Purple Palm Trees on Alien Worlds? (April 11, 2007)
• Dead Star Snacks on Shredded Asteroid (March 13, 2007)
• Times Change, But Do Supermassive Black Holes Remain the Same? (December 11, 2006)
• Great Observatories Observe Oddball Supernova Remnant (November 29, 2006)
• Belching Black Holes (October 24, 2006)
• 'Art of Astronomy' Event To Feature Space Artists and More (October 19, 2006)
• Asteroids, Comets, and Planets: Cut from the Same Cloth? (October 10, 2006)
• Planets Prefer Safe Neighborhoods (October 3, 2006)
• Echoing Infrared Across the Milky Way (September 26, 2006)
• Spitzer Sees a Dim Star and Big Bright Black Hole (September 18, 2006)
• Spitzer Is Back and Revealing the Story of Stellar Birth (September 8, 2006)
• Spitzer Restored to Normal Operations (August 31, 2006)
• Spitzer Celebrates Terrific Threes! (August 25, 2006)
• Engineers Studying Spitzer Anomaly (August 21, 2006)
• Black Hole Spills Kaleidoscope of Color (July 24, 2006)
• The Infrared Universe Comes to the Los Angeles County Arboretum (July 19, 2006)
• Spitzer Spots Building Blocks of Life in Supernova Remnant (July 14, 2006)
• Astronomer in the Making (July 7, 2006)
• How To Bake a Galaxy (June 16, 2006)
• A Massive Star's Death and the Dusty Universe (June 8, 2006)
• Astronomers Find a Galactic Highway in the Sky (June 7, 2006)
• Astronomers Find Ancient 'Cities' of Galaxies (June 5, 2006)
• Spitzer Reveals Jets Around a Dead Star (May 22, 2006)
• Teachers and Teens Discover a Cauldron of Star Formation (May 19, 2006)
• Spitzer Spies the Remnants of a Shy Star (May 10, 2006)
• Spitzer Captures a Comet's Breakdown (May 5, 2006)
• NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope a Cosmic Success! (April 28, 2006)
• Great Observatories Present Rainbow of a Galaxy (April 24, 2006)
• The Infrared Background: Sometimes It's What You Don't See That Counts (April 20, 2006)
• Old and New Fellows Meet at a Spitzer Science Center Symposium (April 07, 2006)
• Spitzer Finds Hyperactive Galaxies in the Distant Universe (March 31, 2006)
• Spitzer Goes on a Cosmic Safari (March 21, 2006)
• SSC Astronomer Discovers a River of Stars (March 15, 2006)
• Hostile Beginnings for Components of Life (March 02, 2006)
• Congratulations to the 2006 Spitzer Fellows! (March 01, 2006)
• Spitzer Scientist Speeks at AAAS Conference (February 09, 2006)
• Spitzer Visits Spitzer (February 02, 2006)
• Visiting Scientist Program Invites 'Cosmic Rock Star' (January 26, 2006)
• Spitzer Spots Stellar Snowflake on the 'Christmas Tree Cluster' (December 22, 2005)
• Spitzer Team Says Debris Disk Could Be Forming Infant Terrestrial Planets (December 14, 2005)
• Spitzer Exposes Our Galaxy's Deepest Secrets (December 12, 2005)
• High School Students and Teachers To Present Spitzer Findings at AAS (December 08, 2005)
• When Worlds Collide: Spitzer Investigates Cosmic Forces that Produce New Galaxies (November 30, 2005)
• A Planet with Planets? Spitzer Finds Cosmic Oddball (November 29, 2005)
• Spitzer Studies the Galactic Plane (November 16, 2005)
• Showtime at the Spitzer Science Center (November 7, 2005)
• The Great Galactic Black Widow (October 28, 2005)
• Cotton Candy Comet (October 13, 2005)
• Spitzer Studies Planet X (September 15, 2005)
• Spitzer Highlights from Two Years in Space (August 25, 2005)
• Students and Teachers on a Mission to Discover (August 16, 2005)
• 10,000 Hours and Counting... (August 11, 2005)
• Astronomers Release New Imaging Tool (August 8, 2005)
• Spitzer to Observe 2003UB313 (August 7, 2005)
• Spitzer's Legacy Continues (July 26, 2005)
• Teachers and Students Visit Spitzer Science Center (July 11, 2005)
• Spitzer Receives NASA Honors (July 07, 2005)
• Spitzer Witnesses Dusty Plumes of Deep Impact Collision (June 30, 2005)
• Spitzer at the AAS (May 31, 2005)
• Urgent! Spitzer Observes Gamma-Ray Burst! (May 26, 2005)
• Time Allocation Committee Decides Next Year of Spitzer Observations (May 19, 2005)
• Teacher Observations Scheduled (April 04, 2005)
• April Fools: Spitzer Astronomers Probe Center of Milky Way® (April 01, 2005)
• Spitzer Reaches 10,000 Mark (March 01, 2005)
• A Perfect First Year for Spitzer (February 18, 2005)
• "Best Use of Imagination & Innovation" (January 04, 2005)
• Spitzer in the Rose Parade (December 28, 2004)
• Teacher-Student Research Program Using the Spitzer Space Telescope (December 15, 2004)

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