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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 |
feature12-05 09.24.12 Spitzer Welcomes Shuttle Endeavour to Los AngelesThe 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 GalaxyWith 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 EarthAstronomers 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 ClusterSeeing 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 MealsBlack 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 FuriouslyThe 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 RockA 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 PersonalityWhile 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 MissionsNASA 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 DataA 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 WayVolunteers 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 DustAstronomers 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 SpaceAstronomers 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 LebanonThey 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, MuseumsImagine 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' StardustThe 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 NurseryThe 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 TimeA 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 DiscoveredIn 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 PhotographyThe 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 GalaxyLike 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 LightThe 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 MysteryA 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 SeenAlthough 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 |
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June 5 Galaxies in Hiding |
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June 5 Life and Death Intermingled |
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June 5 Stars Shoot Jets in Cosmic Playground |
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June 5 Galaxies in Hiding |
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June 5 Bubbles Within Bubbles (annotated) |
