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ssc2013-05 06.05.13 NASA's Spitzer Sees Milky Way's Blooming Countryside New views from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show blooming stars in our Milky Way galaxy's more barren territories, ... read more	feature13-03 05.16.13 Galaxy's Ring of Fire This galaxy's ring of fire "burns, burns, burns" with young stars. read more
feature13-02 05.06.13 NASA's Spitzer Puts Planets in a Petri Dish Astronomers are using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to dissect the atmospheres of an exotic class of planets called ... read more	feature13-01 04.03.13 A Confetti-Like Collection of Stars Stars sparkle in this lively new view of the Small Magellanic Cloud from NASA's Great Observatories. read more
ssc2013-04 02.07.13 NASA Telescopes Discover Strobe-like Flashes Two of NASA's great observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, have teamed up to uncover a mysterious in... read more	ssc2013-02 01.08.13 NASA, ESA Telescopes Find Evidence For Asteroid Belt Around Vega Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the star Vega, the second brightest star ... read more
ssc2013-01 01.08.13 NASA Telescopes See Weather Patterns in Brown Dwarf Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have probed the stormy atmosphere of a brown dwarf, crea... read more	ssc2013-03 01.07.13 Have You Practiced Your Piano and Done Your NASA Research? Did you know that students as young as 7th graders who are juggling soccer, dances, and homework can also conduct NAS... read more
feature12-08 12.19.12 Armchair Science: Bag and Tag Glowing Galactic Clouds A new galactic game launches today that lets citizen scientists identify the glowing clouds where future stars will b... read more	feature12-07 12.18.12 Shot Away from its Companion, Giant Star Makes Waves A runaway star can be seen charging through the dust in an infrared portrait from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. read more
ssc2012-16 11.15.12 NASA Observatories Find Most Distant Galaxy Candidate By combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in... read more	ssc2012-15 11.01.12 Asteroid Belts at Just the Right Place are Friendly to Life Solar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just t... read more
ssc2012-14 10.24.12 NASA'S Spitzer Sees Light Of Lonesome Stars A new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggests a cause for the mysterious glow of infrared light... read more	ssc2012-13 10.03.12 NASA's Infrared Observatory Measures Expansion Of Universe Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have announced one of the most precise measurements yet of the Hubbl... read more
feature12-06 09.26.12 Spitzer, Hubble See Galaxy-Altering Quasars Ignite NASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes have caught sight of luminous quasars igniting after galaxies collide. Qua... read more	feature12-05 09.24.12 Spitzer Welcomes Shuttle Endeavour to Los Angeles The Space Shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop its specially-adapted 747, made a grand tour of the Los Angles basin on Sep... read more
ssc2012-12 09.19.12 NASA Telescopes Spy Ultra-Distant Galaxy With the combined power of NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, as well as a cosmic magnification effect, astr... read more	ssc2012-11 07.18.12 Spitzer Finds Possible Exoplanet Smaller than Earth Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is a planet two-thirds the size of E... read more
ssc2012-10 06.26.12 Astronomers Spot Rare Arc From Hefty Galaxy Cluster Seeing is believing, except when you don't believe what you see. Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have... read more	ssc2012-09 06.19.12 Most Quasars Live on Snacks, Not Large Meals Black holes in the early universe needed a few snacks rather than one giant meal to fuel their quasars and help them ... read more
ssc2012-08 06.07.12 NASA's Spitzer Finds First Objects Burned Furiously The faint, lumpy glow given off by the very first objects in the universe may have been detected with the best precis... read more	feature12-04 05.24.12 NASA Scientist Figures Way to Weigh Space Rock A scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has accurately determined the mass of a nearby a... read more
ssc2012-07 05.08.12 NASA's Spitzer Sees The Light of Alien 'Super Earth' NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" planet beyond our solar system for t... read more	ssc2012-06 04.24.12 NASA'S Spitzer Finds Galaxy with Split Personality While some galaxies are rotund and others are slender disks like our spiral Milky Way, new observations from NASA's S... read more
ssc2012-05 04.05.12 NASA Extends Spitzer, Planck, Kepler Missions NASA is extending three missions affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. -- Kepler, the Spi... read more	partner077 03.26.12 A New Release of Infrared Galaxy Data A newly processed collection of infrared observations of more that 200 galaxies, based on data available from NASA's ... read more
feature12-03 03.07.12 Citizen Scientists Reveal a Bubbly Milky Way Volunteers are helping astronomers find star-blown bubbles throughout our Milky Way galaxy. read more	ssc2012-04 02.29.12 Young Stars Flicker Amidst Clouds of Gas and Dust Astronomers have spotted young stars in the Orion nebula changing right before their eyes, thanks to the European Spa... read more
ssc2012-03 02.22.12 NASA's Spitzer Finds Solid Buckyballs in Space Astronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time, discovered buckyballs in a solid... read more	feature12-02 01.25.12 Astronomical Success: Caltech's George Helou Honored by Home Country of Lebanon They say there is no place like home. For Caltech's George Helou, the essence of that phrase carries over to the reco... read more
feature12-01 01.11.12 Teacher Program Brings NASA Research to High Schools, Middle Schools, Museums Imagine you are a high school student walking into your science class in September and you learn that your teacher is... read more	ssc2012-01 01.10.12 Herschel and Spitzer See Nearby Galaxies' Stardust The cold dust that builds blazing stars is revealed in new images that combine observations from the Herschel Space O... read more
ssc2012-02 01.10.12 Before They Were Stars: New Image Shows Space Nursery The stars we see today weren't always as serene as they appear, floating alone in the dark of night. Most stars, like... read more	ssc2011-10 12.21.11 NASA Telescopes Help Find Rare Galaxy at Dawn of Time A remote, blob-shaped galaxy has been found bursting with stars by NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes. read more
partner076 12.01.11 Strange New “Species” of Ultra-Red Galaxy Discovered In the distant reaches of the universe, almost 13 billion light-years from Earth, a strange species of galaxy lay hid... read more	partner075 11.29.11 The Shape of the Universe: Recent Deep Space Photography The Shape of the Universe is an exhibition of deep space photography, curated by artist David Em. The exhibition fea... read more
feature11-13 11.23.11 Doubling Up on the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy Like the Milky Way, Messier 83 is classified as a barred spiral galaxy due to the bar-like pattern of stars that run ... read more	feature11-12 11.10.11 The Tarantula Glows with X-rays and Infrared Light The Tarantula nebula can be seen here in a web of dust and multimillion-degree gas. read more
ssc2011-09 10.24.11 NASA Telescopes Help Solve Ancient Supernova Mystery A mystery that began nearly 2,000 years ago, when Chinese astronomers witnessed what would turn out to be an explodin... read more	feature11-11 10.19.11 Spitzer Finds the Coldest Companion to a Star Ever Seen Although we all want to think that the people we keep company with are "cool," when it comes to the cosmos, no one ha... read more
ssc2011-08 10.19.11 NASA's Spitzer Detects Comet Storm in Nearby Solar System NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected signs of icy bodies raining down in an alien solar system. read more	feature11-10 09.26.11 Spitzer Detects a Steaming Super-Earth Eclipsing Its Star NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has gathered surprising new details about a supersized and superheated version of Eart... read more
feature11-09 08.15.11 Honeycomb Carbon Crystals Possibly Detected in Space Flat flakes of carbon have been tentatively spotted in space. read more	feature11-08 08.10.11 A Cosmic Inkblot Test What do you see when you look at this strange mix of shapes from space? read more
feature11-07 08.09.11 Spitzer Status Update Spitzer scientists and engineers are beginning tests to study the feasibility of switching to the spacecraft's Inerti... read more	feature11-06 07.20.11 Spitzer's Spider Web of Stars Stars appear to be caught in a galactic web in this new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. read more
ssc2011-07 06.30.11 NASA's Spitzer Finds Distant Galaxies Grazed on Gas Galaxies once thought of as voracious tigers are more like grazing cows, according to a new study using NASA's Spitze... read more	feature11-05 06.15.11 A Green Ring Fit for a Superhero Has the comic book superhero Green Lantern lost his ring? In fact, this giant ring of glowing dust, imaged by NASA's ... read more
ssc2011-06 05.26.11 Spitzer Sees Crystal 'Rain' in Outer Clouds of Infant Star Tiny crystals of a green mineral called olivine are falling down like rain on a burgeoning star, according to observa... read more	feature11-03 05.23.11 Planet? Check. A new planetary member of the Kepler-10 solar system was announced today. Using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telesc... read more
feature11-04 05.20.11 Spitzer Achievements Honored at Rotary Stellar Awards NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has been awarded the prestigious 2011 Stellar Award by the Rotary National Award for S... read more	ssc2011-05 04.12.11 NASA Telescopes Help Discover Surprisingly Early Galaxy Astronomers have uncovered one of the earliest galaxies to appear in the distant universe, with stars that formed 13.... read more
ssc2011-04 04.04.11 NASA's Spitzer Discovers Time-Delayed Jets Around Young Star Astronomers have discovered that two symmetrical jets shooting away from opposite sides of a blossoming star are expe... read more	ssc2011-03 02.10.11 New View of Family Life in the North America Nebula Stars at all stages of development, from dusty little tots to young adults, are on display in a new image from NASA's... read more
feature11-02 02.07.11 IPAC Celebrates 25 Years at Caltech Twenty five years ago moving vans were being loaded at the Union Bank, on South Lake Avenue in Pasadena, for the firs... read more	ssc2011-02 01.12.11 NASA Telescopes Help Identify Most Distant Galaxy Cluster Astronomers have uncovered a burgeoning galactic metropolis, the most distant known in the early universe. This ancie... read more
ssc2011-01 01.12.11 Cosmology Standard Candle Not So Standard After All Astronomers have turned up the first direct proof that "standard candles" used to illuminate the size of the universe... read more	feature11-01 01.10.11 Stellar Education: Teachers Bring Classroom Space Science to Astronomy Conference Real space science and insights into teaching astronomy come straight from the classroom to a renowned international ... read more
ssc2010-10 12.08.10 NASA's Spitzer Reveals First Carbon-Rich Planet Astronomers have discovered that a huge, searing-hot planet orbiting another star is loaded with an unusual amount of... read more	feature10-20 11.24.10 Astronomers Probe 'Sandbar' Between Islands of Galaxies Astronomers have caught sight of an unusual galaxy that has illuminated new details about a celestial "sandbar" conne... read more
feature10-19 11.18.10 Spitzer Reveals a Buried Explosion Sparked by a Galactic Train Wreck Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have found a stunning burst of star formation that beams out as much... read more	feature10-18 10.27.10 Spitzer Goes Buck Wild and Finds Buckyballs Floating Between the Stars Fresh after finding buckyballs around an aging star, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has now detected these intriguing... read more
ssc2010-09 10.27.10 Space Buckyballs Thrive, Finds NASA Spitzer Telescope Astronomers have discovered bucket loads of buckyballs in space. They used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to find the... read more	ssc2010-08 10.19.10 Astronomers Find Weird, Warm Spot on an Exoplanet Observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveal a distant planet with a warm spot in the wrong place. read more
feature10-17 10.12.10 Giant Star Goes Supernova -- and is Smothered by its Own Dust A giant star in a faraway galaxy recently ended its life with a dust-shrouded whimper instead of the more typical bang. read more	feature10-16 09.23.10 Shining Starlight on the Dark Cocoons of Star Birth NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope data offers insight into cores of star-forming regions. read more
feature10-15 09.02.10 Spitzer Finds a Flavorful Mix of Asteroids New research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals that asteroids somewhat near Earth, termed near-Earth object... read more	ssc2010-07 08.23.10 Pulverized Planet Dust May Lie Around Double Stars Tight double-star systems might not be the best places for life to spring up, according to a new study using data fro... read more
feature10-14 08.18.10 Galaxies' Glory Days Revealed Astronomers have experienced the galactic equivalent of discovering pictures of a mild-mannered grandmother partying ... read more	feature10-13 08.05.10 NASA's Great Observatories Witness a Galactic Spectacle A new image of two tangled galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories. read more
feature10-12 07.28.10 Into the Wild: Spitzer Space Telescope Surveys the Milky Way's Outback A new survey by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has turned up treasures aplenty in the outer regions of the Milky Way,... read more	ssc2010-06 07.22.10 NASA Telescope Finds Elusive Buckyballs in Space for First Time Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered carbon molecules, known as "buckyballs," in space fo... read more
feature10-11 07.14.10 Unravelling the Mystery of Star Birth - Dust Disk Discovered Around Massive Star Astronomers caught their first glimpse of a dusty disk closely encircling a massive baby star, providing direct evide... read more	feature10-10 07.09.10 Catch a Planet By the Tail New observations of a dust cloud trailing Earth may help astronomers find Earth-like planets around distant stars. NA... read more
feature10-09 07.07.10 Spitzer Spies a 'Flying Dragon' Smoldering with Secret Star Birth NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed a cosmic cloud shaped like a flying dragon that has a secret burning behi... read more	feature10-08 06.24.10 The Coolest Stars Come Out of the Dark Astronomers have uncovered what appear to be 14 of the coldest stars known in our universe. These failed stars, calle... read more
partner071 05.26.10 Astronomers Discover Clue to Origin of Milky Way Gas Clouds A surprising discovery that hydrogen gas clouds found in abundance in and above our Milky Way Galaxy have preferred l... read more	feature10-07 05.20.10 Two Peas in an Irregular Pod: How Binary Stars May Form Our sun may be an only child, but most of the stars in the galaxy are actually twins. The sibling stars circle around... read more
feature10-06 05.12.10 Ancient City of Galaxies Looks Surprisingly Modern Astronomers are a bit like archeologists as they dig back through space and time searching for remnants of the early ... read more	ssc2010-05 04.21.10 'This Planet Tastes Funny,' According to Spitzer Telescope NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered something odd about a distant planet -- it lacks methane, an ingredient... read more
feature10-05 04.01.10 Colony of Young Stars Shines in New Spitzer Image Astronomers have their eyes on a hot group of young stars, watching their every move like the paparazzi. A new infrar... read more	ssc2010-04 03.29.10 Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust: Chandra/Spitzer Image A new image from NASA's Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes shows the dusty remains of a collapsed star. The dust is... read more
feature10-04 03.23.10 Spitzer Space Telescope Team Receives Award NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope team has been selected to receive the 2010 Maria and Eric Muhlmann Award from the Astr... read more	ssc2010-03 03.17.10 NASA's Spitzer Unearths Primitive Black Holes Astronomers have come across what appear to be two of the earliest and most primitive supermassive black holes known.... read more
feature10-03 03.10.10 Spitzer Detects the 'Heartbeat' of Star Formation in the Milky Way Galaxy Astronomers have used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope rather like a doctor's stethoscope to listen in on the "heartbea... read more	feature10-02 02.18.10 Jurassic Space: Telescopes Probe Ancient Galaxies Near Us Imagine finding a living dinosaur in your backyard. Astronomers have found the astronomical equivalent of prehistoric... read more
partner069 02.17.10 NASA's Chandra Reveals Origin of Key Cosmic Explosions New findings from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided a major advance in understanding a type of supernova... read more	feature10-01 02.09.10 Spitzer Goes to the Olympics Artwork inspired by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is making an appearance at this year's Winter Olympics in Vancouve... read more
partner068 01.29.10 The Coolest of Orbs University of Hertfordshire - Astronomers using several telescopes, including NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, have di... read more	ssc2010-01 01.05.10 Centuries-Old Star Mystery Coming to a Close For almost two centuries, humans have looked up at a bright star called Epsilon Aurigae and watched with their own ey... read more
ssc2010-02 01.05.10 Galaxy Exposes its Dusty Inner Workings in New Spitzer Image NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured an action-packed picture of the nearby Small Magellanic Cloud, a small ga... read more	feature09-17 12.24.09 A Quarter Century of Infrared Astronomy This composite graphic encompasses a quarter century of infrared astronomy from space, a world away from Galileo Gali... read more
ssc2009-22 11.30.09 Spitzer to Unveil Biggest Milky Way View at Adler Planetarium In an unveiling of truly galactic proportions, the world's largest image of our Milky Way galaxy, taken by NASA's Spi... read more	ssc2009-21 11.23.09 Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown Dwarf NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has contributed to the discovery of the youngest brown dwarf ever observed -- a findin... read more
ssc2009-20 11.10.09 NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of Astronomy A never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way galaxy is being unveiled by NASA today. This event w... read more	feature09-16 11.04.09 Unsettled Youth: Spitzer Observes a Chaotic Planetary System Before our planets found their way to the stable orbits they circle in today, they wiggled and jostled about like uns... read more
feature09-15 10.30.09 Spitzer Space Telescope Mission Status On Friday, Oct. 23, engineers with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope successfully swapped the spacecraft from the main n... read more	feature09-14 10.23.09 Universal Origins Four hundred years ago when Galileo turned his tiny telescope to the night sky our view of the Universe changed forev... read more
feature09-12 10.20.09 Astronomers Do It Again: Find Organic Molecules Around Gas Planet Peering far beyond our solar system, NASA researchers have detected the basic chemistry for life in a second hot gas ... read more	ssc2009-19 10.06.09 NASA Space Telescope Discovers Largest Ring Around Saturn NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn â by far the largest of the giant plan... read more

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	February 21 Robot Astronomy Talk Show In Progress: The Mass of Asteroids
	February 8 Strobe-like Flashes Discovered in a Suspected Binary Protostar
	August 7 Possible Nearby Exoplanet Smaller than Earth (Update)
	July 18 Flying Out to GJ 436 and its Planets
	May 21 Cygnus X Marks the Spot (Gallery Explorer)

	June 5 Life and Death Intermingled
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	June 5 Stars Shoot Jets in Cosmic Playground
	June 5 Bubbles Within Bubbles (annotated)