ssc2011-08 10.19.11 NASA's Spitzer Detects Comet Storm in Nearby Solar SystemNASA'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 StarNASA'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 SpaceFlat flakes of carbon have been tentatively spotted in space. read more |
feature11-08 08.10.11 A Cosmic Inkblot TestWhat do you see when you look at this strange mix of shapes from space? read more |
feature11-07 08.09.11 Spitzer Status UpdateSpitzer 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 StarsStars 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 GasGalaxies 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 SuperheroHas 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 StarTiny 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 AwardsNASA'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 GalaxyAstronomers 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 StarAstronomers 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 NebulaStars 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 CaltechTwenty 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 ClusterAstronomers 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 AllAstronomers 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 ConferenceReal 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 PlanetAstronomers 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 GalaxiesAstronomers have caught sight of an unusual galaxy that has illuminated new details about a celestial "sandbar" conne... read more |











































