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feature14-08 04.23.14 Professional and Amateur Astronomers Join ForcesLong before the term "citizen science" was coined, the field of astronomy has benefited from countless men and women ... read more |
feature14-07 04.03.14 New Tool Finds Buried Treasure in Spitzer ArchivesOur Solar System is swarming with asteroids and comets. Although astronomers have identified many thousands of these ... read more |
feature14-06 03.27.14 Spitzer Sees the Galactic Dawn with 'Frontier Fields'NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, in tandem with other major NASA observatories, has recently embarked on a major new m... read more |
ssc2014-02 03.20.14 NASA's Spitzer Telescope Brings 360-Degree View of Galaxy to Our FingertipsTouring the Milky Way now is as easy as clicking a button with NASA's new zoomable, 360-degree mosaic presented Thurs... read more |
feature14-05 03.06.14 Mystery of Planet-forming Disks Explained by MagnetismGigantic magnetic loops on planet-forming disks explain a mystery of too much infrared light. read more |
feature14-04 02.26.14 Spitzer Stares into the Heart of New Supernova in M82One of the closest supernovas to go off in the last few decades is putting on a good show for telescopes on the groun... read more |
feature14-03 02.07.14 Looking Back to the Cradle of Our UniverseNASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes team up to find a small galaxy that appears to be lying at the observable ... read more |
ssc2014-01 01.29.14 NASA and ESA Telescopes Help Solve Mystery of Ultra-Compact, Burned-Out GalaxiesAstronomers using NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, Europe's Herschel Space Observatory, and many ground-ba... read more |
feature14-01 01.07.14 Stormy Stars? NASA's Spitzer Probes Weather on Brown DwarfsTo the surprise of astronomers, most brown dwarfs may be roiled by massive storms. read more |
feature14-02 01.07.14 NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Team up to Probe Faraway GalaxiesNASA's Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes are providing a new perspective on the remote universe, including new view... read more |
partner086 01.06.14 Pulsar in a Stellar Triple System Makes Unique Gravitational LaboratoryAstronomers using a number of telescopes, including Spitzer, have discovered a unique stellar system of two white dwa... read more |
feature13-12 12.18.13 The Rise and Fall of Galactic CitiesHow and when galactic metropolises cease their opulent ways is the subject of new research from NASA's Spitzer Space ... read more |
feature13-11 12.16.13 New Animals on Display at Spitzer's Citizen Science ZooSince 2010, about 50,000 volunteers have taken to their computers to help astronomers catalog star-blown bubbles capt... read more |
feature13-10 11.21.13 Infant Galaxies Merge Near 'Cosmic Dawn'Astronomers using the combined power of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array telescope in Chile and NASA’... read more |
feature13-09 11.11.13 Spitzer and ALMA Reveal a Star's Bubbly BirthSupersonic jets burst out of a young star's cocoon in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Atacama... read more |
feature13-08 10.28.13 A Ghostly Trio from NASA's Spitzer Space TelescopeHaunting images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show the disembodied remains of dying stars. read more |
ssc2013-09 10.24.13 NASA's Great Observatories Begin Deepest-Ever Probe of the UniverseNASA's Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes are teaming up to look deeper into the universe than ever before.... read more |
ssc2013-08 09.30.13 NASA Space Telescopes Find Patchy Clouds on Exotic WorldAstronomers using data from NASA's Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes have created the first cloud map of a planet b... read more |
feature13-07 09.24.13 How Engineers Revamped Spitzer to Probe ExoplanetsEven though NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope was never designed to study exoplanets, it has become one of the world's p... read more |
feature13-06 09.10.13 Comet Found Hiding in Plain SightNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has uncovered secrets of the "asteroid" called Don Quixote, revealing its true comet n... read more |
feature13-05 09.05.13 Coldest Brown Dwarfs Blur Star, Planet LinesResearchers are getting to know some of our sun's closest and smallest neighbors. read more |
ssc2013-07 08.23.13 NASA's Spitzer Telescope Celebrates 10 Years in SpaceTen years after a Delta II rocket launched NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, lighting up the night sky over Cape Canave... read more |
feature13-04 08.01.13 Monster Galaxies Lose Their Appetite With AgeOur universe is filled with gobs of galaxies, bound together by gravity into larger families called clusters. Lying a... read more |
feature13-03 07.31.13 Spitzer Discovers Young Stars with a 'Hula Hoop'A pair of stars peeks out from a tilted disk twirling around them, allowing astronomers to monitor their "blinking" p... read more |
ssc2013-06 07.23.13 NASA's Spitzer Observes Gas Emission from Comet ISONAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have observed what most likely are strong carbon dioxide emissions f... read more |
ssc2013-05 06.05.13 NASA's Spitzer Sees Milky Way's Blooming CountrysideNew 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 FireThis 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 DishAstronomers 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 StarsStars 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 FlashesTwo of NASA's great observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, have teamed up to uncover a mysterious in... read more |
ssc2013-01 01.08.13 NASA Telescopes See Weather Patterns in Brown DwarfAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have probed the stormy atmosphere of a brown dwarf, crea... read more |
ssc2013-02 01.08.13 NASA, ESA Telescopes Find Evidence For Asteroid Belt Around VegaAstronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the star Vega, the second brightest star ... 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 CloudsA 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 WavesA 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 CandidateBy 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 LifeSolar 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 StarsA 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 UniverseAstronomers 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 IgniteNASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes have caught sight of luminous quasars igniting after galaxies collide. Qua... read more |
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March 19 Catching a GLIMPSE of the Milky Way |
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March 19 Panning Through the Milky Way |
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February 12 Fusion vs. Fission |
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August 29 10 Years of Innovation |
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July 8 Ask an Astronomy Brain Parasite |
