http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/feeds/latest_images.xml Spitzer Space Telescope en-us In this new action-packed view of the Cygnus X star-forming region from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, stars can be seen at different stages of development. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4879-ssc2012-02b-Goings-On-Around-Star-forming-Towns http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4879-ssc2012-02b-Goings-On-Around-Star-forming-Towns Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light, is one of the biggest satellite galaxies of our home galaxy, though it is still considered a dwarf galaxy compared to the big spiral of our Milky Way. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4867-ssc2012-01b-A-Dwarf-Galaxy-s-Star-Bar-and-Dusty-Wing http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4867-ssc2012-01b-A-Dwarf-Galaxy-s-Star-Bar-and-Dusty-Wing Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light, this nearby dwarf galaxy looks like a fiery, circular explosion. Rather than fire, however, those ribbons are actually giant ripples of dust spanning tens or hundreds of light-years. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4872-ssc2012-01a-Dusty-Space-Cloud http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4872-ssc2012-01a-Dusty-Space-Cloud A bubbling cauldron of star birth is highlighted in this new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4868-ssc2012-02a-Stars-Brewing-in-Cygnus-X http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4868-ssc2012-02a-Stars-Brewing-in-Cygnus-X This image shows one of the most distant galaxies known, called GN-108036, dating back to 750 million years after the Big Bang that created our universe. The galaxy's light took 12.9 billion years to reach us. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4847-ssc2011-10a-Distant-Galaxy-Bursts-with-Stars http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4847-ssc2011-10a-Distant-Galaxy-Bursts-with-Stars This turbulent region, jam-packed with stars, is home to some of the most luminous massive stars in our Milky Way galaxy. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4838-sig11-018-Dragonfish-Coming-At-You-in-Infrared http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4838-sig11-018-Dragonfish-Coming-At-You-in-Infrared This spectacular spiral galaxy is known to astronomers as Messier 83. Colloquially, it is also called the Southern Pinwheel due to its similarity to the more northerly Pinwheel galaxy Messier 101. NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope shows us, in spectacular detail, the infrared structure of what many think of as our own Milky Way galaxys smaller cousin. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4829-sig11-017-M83-The-Milky-Ways-Smaller-Cousin http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4829-sig11-017-M83-The-Milky-Ways-Smaller-Cousin This spectacular spiral galaxy is known to astronomers as Messier 83. Colloquially, it is also called the Southern Pinwheel due to its similarity to the more northerly Pinwheel galaxy Messier 101. NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope shows us, in spectacular detail, the infrared structure of what many think of as our own Milky Way galaxys smaller cousin. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4832-sig11-016-A-Dusty-View-of-Milky-Ways-Smaller-Cousin http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4832-sig11-016-A-Dusty-View-of-Milky-Ways-Smaller-Cousin About 2,400 massive stars in the center of 30 Doradus are producing intense radiation and powerful winds as they blow off material. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4790-sig11-015-30-Doradus-and-The-Growing-Tarantula-Within http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4790-sig11-015-30-Doradus-and-The-Growing-Tarantula-Within Infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer are combined in this image of RCW 86, the dusty remains of the oldest documented example of an exploding star, or supernova. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4778-nhsc2011-09a-All-That-Remains-of-Exploded-Star http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4778-nhsc2011-09a-All-That-Remains-of-Exploded-Star This image combines data from four different space telescopes to create a multi-wavelength view of all that remains of the oldest documented example of a supernova, called RCW 86. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4777-nhsc2011-09b-All-Eyes-on-Oldest-Recorded-Supernova http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4777-nhsc2011-09b-All-Eyes-on-Oldest-Recorded-Supernova This artist's conception illustrates a storm of comets around a star near our own, called Eta Corvi. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4772-ssc2011-08a-It-s-Raining-Comets http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4772-ssc2011-08a-It-s-Raining-Comets The high-mass stars in NGC 281 drive many aspects of their galactic environment through powerful winds flowing from their surfaces and intense radiation that heats surrounding gas, "boiling it away" into interstellar space. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4767-sig11-014-Living-the-High-Life http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4767-sig11-014-Living-the-High-Life This artists concept contrasts our familiar Earth with the exceptionally strange planet known as 55 Cancri e. While it is only about twice the size of the Earth, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has gathered surprising new details about this supersized and superheated world. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4763-sig11-013-Earth-and-Super-Earth http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4763-sig11-013-Earth-and-Super-Earth Swirling dust clouds and bright newborn stars dominate the view in this image of the Lagoon nebula from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope. Also known as Messier 8 and NGC 6523, astronomers estimate it to be between 4000 and 6000 light years away, lying in the general direction of the center of our galaxy in the constellation Sagittarius. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4757-sig11-012-Into-the-Depths-of-the-Lagoon-Nebula http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4757-sig11-012-Into-the-Depths-of-the-Lagoon-Nebula The Dumbbell nebula, also known as Messier 27, pumps out infrared light in this image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope. It was discovered in 1764 by Charles Messier, who included it as the 27th member of his famous catalog of nebulous objects. Though he did not know it at the time, this was the first in a class of objects, now known as planetary nebulae, to make it into the catalog. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4409-sig11-011-Weighing-in-on-the-Dumbbell-Nebula http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4409-sig11-011-Weighing-in-on-the-Dumbbell-Nebula Looking like a spiders web swirled into a spiral, the galaxy IC 342 presents its delicate pattern of dust in this image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope. Seen in the infrared the faint starlight gives way to the glowing bright patterns of dust found throughout the galaxys disk. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/3669-sig11-009-A-Twisted-Star-Forming-Web-in-the-Galaxy-IC-342 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/3669-sig11-009-A-Twisted-Star-Forming-Web-in-the-Galaxy-IC-342 Looking like a spiders web swirled into a spiral, the galaxy IC 342 presents its delicate pattern of dust in this image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope. In the infrared the faint starlight gives way to the glowing bright patterns of dust found throughout the galaxys disk. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/3670-sig11-010-A-Twisted-Dust-Web-in-the-Galaxy-IC-342 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/3670-sig11-010-A-Twisted-Dust-Web-in-the-Galaxy-IC-342 This split view shows how a normal spiral galaxy around our local universe (left) might have looked back in the distant universe, when astronomers think galaxies would have been filled with larger populations of hot, bright stars (right). Nasa Spitzer Science Center Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/3663-ssc2011-07a-Galaxies-Near-and-Far http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/3663-ssc2011-07a-Galaxies-Near-and-Far The cosmos sport a pair of infrared shades, as seen in this new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Nasa Spitzer Science Center Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/3658-sig11-008-Making-a-Spectacle-of-Star-Formation-in-Orion http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/3658-sig11-008-Making-a-Spectacle-of-Star-Formation-in-Orion