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feature15-01 01.27.15 Citizen Scientists Lead Astronomers to Mystery Objects in Space"Hmm, what's that?" Simply by asking the question, volunteers have led researchers to illuminate a little-known stage... read more |
feature14-23 01.06.15 Discovering Our Universe from the Classroom: Teacher Research Program Brings NASA Research to Schools Across AmericaHow many high school teachers and kids can say that they have presented their astronomy reach alongside professional ... read more |
feature14-23 12.19.14 Horsehead of a Different ColorSometimes a horse of a different color hardly seems to be a horse at all, as, for example, in this newly released ima... read more |
feature14-22 12.05.14 Warm Gas Pours 'Cold Water' on Galaxy's Star-MakingOne galaxy devoured remnants of another galaxy, quenching the formation of new stars. read more |
feature14-21 11.10.14 Follow the Dust to Find PlanetsResearchers studying what appears to be a beefed-up version of our solar system have discovered that it is encased in... read more |
feature14-20 10.22.14 Galactic Wheel of Life Shines in InfraredIt might look like a spoked wheel or even a "Chakram" weapon wielded by warriors like "Xena," from the fictional TV s... read more |
feature14-19 10.15.14 Slow-Growing Galaxies Offer Window to Early UniverseWhat makes one rose bush blossom with flowers, while another remains barren? Astronomers ask a similar question of ga... read more |
ssc2014-07 09.24.14 NASA Telescopes Find Clear Skies and Water Vapor on ExoplanetAstronomers using data from three of NASA's space telescopes -- Hubble, Spitzer and Kepler -- have discovered clear s... read more |
feature14-18 09.09.14 Spitzer's SPLASH Project Dives Deep for GalaxiesAstronomers "fishing" for galaxies turn up surprisingly massive catch. In one of the longest surveys the telescope wi... read more |
ssc2014-06 08.28.14 NASA's Spitzer Telescope Witnesses Asteroid SmashupNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted an eruption of dust around a young star, possibly the result of a smashup ... read more |
ssc2014-05 08.27.14 NASA Telescopes Uncover Early Construction of Giant GalaxyAstronomers have for the first time caught a glimpse of the earliest stages of massive galaxy construction. The build... read more |
feature14-17 08.07.14 Spitzer Telescope Honored by Aerospace SocietyNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has received the 2014 AIAA Space Science Award for its ongoing infrared studies of the... read more |
feature14-16 07.23.14 The Most Precise Measurement of an Alien World's SizeNASA's Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes have made the most precise measurement yet of the size of a planet beyond ... read more |
feature14-15 07.02.14 Black Hole Fireworks in Nearby GalaxyCelebrants this Fourth of July will enjoy the dazzling lights and booming shock waves from the explosions of firework... read more |
feature14-14 06.19.14 Spitzer Spies an Odd, Tiny AsteroidAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have measured the size of an asteroid candidate for NASA's Asteroid ... read more |
feature14-13 06.12.14 Catching a 'Wave' of Galaxies Ending the Dark AgesThrough a project dubbed SURFS UP, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope are catching sight of a ... read more |
feature14-12 06.04.14 New Suspect Identified in Supernova ExplosionThere were no witnesses to a stellar blast that lit up our skies a millennium ago, but NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope... read more |
feature14-11 05.28.14 The 'Serpent' Star-forming Cloud Hatches New StarsThe dark patch of clouds in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is swaddled in so much dust, even infrared... read more |
feature14-10 05.21.14 Pitch Black: Cosmic Clumps Cast the Darkest ShadowsA colossal, deeply dark cloud is found cranking out massive stars in a new Spitzer study. read more |
feature14-09 05.15.14 What Do You See in a Nebula?Sometimes looking at the night sky can say more about the observer than the universe - at least that's how it feels w... read more |
ssc2014-04 05.07.14 NASA Delivers New Insight into Star Cluster FormationUsing data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and infrared telescopes, astronomers have made an important advance ... read more |
ssc2014-03 04.25.14 NASA's Spitzer and WISE Telescopes Find Close, Cold Neighbor of SunNASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered what appears to be the ... read more |
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 |
feature14-02 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 |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
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January 27 Finding 'Yellowballs' in our Milky Way |
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January 27 Evolution of a Massive Star |
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December 19 Horsehead Nebula Disappears in Infrared Light |
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December 12 Galactic Gathering Gives Sparkling Light Display |
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December 5 A Flood of Gas (Annotated) |
