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partner103 10.12.20 3 UCF Researchers Part of Nature Astronomy Articles Chronicling Spitzer Space Telescope LegacyThe papers provide an inventory of some of the greatest discoveries of the past decade and suggest targets for the ne... read more |
ssc2020-16 09.24.20 Data Sonification: Sounds from Around the Milky WayA new project using sonification turns astronomical images from Chandra and other telescopes into sound. This allows ... read more |
ssc2020-15 09.16.20 NASA Missions Spy First Possible Planet Hugging a Stellar CinderThe violent events leading up to the death of a star would likely drive away any planets. The newly discovered Jupite... read more |
ssc2020-14 08.25.20 Where Are Stars Made? NASA's Spitzer Spies a Hot SpotThe nebula known as W51 is one of the most active star-forming regions in the Milky Way galaxy. First identified in 1... read more |
partner103 08.18.20 Citizen Scientists Discover Dozens of New Cosmic Neighbors in NASA DataUsing a NASA-designed software program, members of the public helped identify a cache of brown dwarfs – sometimes cal... read more |
partner102 08.05.20 Statistical Evidence for Temperature Inversions in Ultra-Hot JupitersThe thermal structure of hot gas giant exoplanet atmospheres is likely to be inverted for the hottest planets, a clas... read more |
ssc2020-13 06.24.20 NASA’s TESS, Spitzer Missions Discover a World Orbiting a Unique Young StarThe newly discovered planet is orbiting a star still encircled by the disk of material from which both objects formed... read more |
ssc2020-12 06.22.20 Young Giant Planet Offers Clues to Formation of Exotic WorldsJupiter-size planets orbiting close to their stars have upended ideas about how giant planets form. Finding young mem... read more |
ssc2020-11 04.28.20 Spitzer Telescope Reveals the Precise Timing of a Black Hole DanceBlack holes aren't stationary in space; in fact, they can be quite active in their movements. But because they are co... read more |
ssc2020-10 04.17.20 California Nebula Stars in Final Mosaic by NASA's SpitzerFive days before NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope ended its mission on Jan. 30, 2020, scientists used the spacecraft's ... read more |
ssc2020-09 04.09.20 In a First, NASA Measures Wind Speed on a Brown DwarfFor the first time, scientists have directly measured wind speed on a brown dwarf, an object larger than Jupiter (the... read more |
ssc2020-08 01.30.20 NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Ends Mission of Astronomical DiscoveryAfter more than 16 years studying the universe in infrared light, revealing new wonders in our solar system, our gala... read more |
ssc2020-06 01.27.20 Tarantula Nebula Spins Web of Mystery in Spitzer ImageThe Tarantula Nebula, seen in this image by the Spitzer Space Telescope, was one of the first targets studied by the ... read more |
ssc2020-04 01.24.20 For Hottest Planet, a Major Meltdown, Study ShowsIn the scorching atmosphere of exoplanet KELT-9b, even molecules are torn to shreds. read more |
ssc2020-05 01.24.20 Operate a NASA Great Observatory With New VR ExperienceA new virtual reality experience lets users get a taste of what it's like to explore the cosmos with the Spitzer Spac... read more |
ssc2020-03 01.22.20 NASA Celebrates the Legacy of the Spitzer Space TelescopeNASA is celebrating the legacy of one of its Great Observatories, the Spitzer Space Telescope, which has studied the ... read more |
ssc2020-02 01.15.20 NASA Pays Tribute, Says Goodbye to One of Agency’s Great ObservatoriesNASA will host a live program at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 22, to celebrate the far-reaching legacy of the agency’s ... read more |
ssc2020-01 01.07.20 NASA Planet Hunter Finds Earth-Size Habitable-Zone WorldNASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star's habitable zone,... read more |
ssc2019-18 12.19.19 Spitzer Studies a Stellar Playground With a Long HistoryThis image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Perseus Molecular Cloud, a massive collection of gas and dus... read more |
ssc2019-17 10.30.19 Spitzer Telescope Spots a Ghoulish GourdLook closer to see why scientists studying this distant cloud of dust and gas think it resembles a cosmic jack-o'-lan... read more |
ssc2019-16 09.30.19 Spitzer Spots a Starry Region Bursting With BubblesThis infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a cloud of gas and dust full of bubbles, which are infl... read more |
ssc2019-15 08.27.19 Sixteen Images for Spitzer's Sweet 16NASA launched its Spitzer Space Telescope into orbit around the Sun on Aug. 25, 2003. Since then, the observatory has... read more |
ssc2019-14 08.19.19 NASA Gets a Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet's SurfaceA new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope provides a rare glimpse of conditions on the surface of a ... read more |
ssc2019-13 08.07.19 NASA's Spitzer Spies a Perfectly Sideways GalaxyIt might look like a lightsaber floating in space, but the red beam in the middle of this image is actually a galaxy ... read more |
ssc2019-12 07.02.19 Atmosphere of Midsize Planet Revealed by Hubble, SpitzerTwo NASA space telescopes have teamed up to identify, for the first time, the detailed chemical "fingerprint" of a pl... read more |
ssc2019-11 06.26.19 A Whirlpool 'Warhol' from NASA's Spitzer TelescopeUnlike Andy Warhol's famous silkscreen grids of repeating images rendered in different colors, the varying hues of th... read more |
ssc2019-10 06.13.19 How NASA's Spitzer Has Stayed Alive for So LongAfter nearly 16 years of exploring the cosmos in infrared light, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope will be switched off ... read more |
ssc2019-08 05.31.19 NASA's Spitzer Captures Stellar Family PortraitThe evolution of stellar families - born from the same clumps of gas and dust - is just some of what's on display in ... read more |
ssc2019-06 05.08.19 New Clues About How Ancient Galaxies Lit up the UniverseNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed that some of the universe's earliest galaxies were brighter than expected... read more |
ssc2019-05 04.25.19 The Giant Galaxy Around the Giant Black HoleOn April 10, 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) unveiled the first-ever image of a black hole's event horizon, t... read more |
ssc2019-04 03.27.19 'Space Butterfly' Is Home to Hundreds of Baby StarsWhat looks like a red butterfly in space is in reality a nursery for hundreds of baby stars, revealed in this infrare... read more |
ssc2019-03 02.27.19 Why Do Some Galactic Unions Lead to Doom?Three images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show pairs of galaxies on the cusp of cosmic consolidations. Though ... read more |
ssc2019-02 01.07.19 NASA Science Featured at Major Astronomy ConferenceAstronomers, astrophysicists and other space scientists will gather to discuss their latest research at the 233rd mee... read more |
ssc2019-01 01.07.19 Citizen Scientists Find New World with NASA TelescopeUsing data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, citizen scientists have discovered a planet roughly twice the size of ... read more |
ssc2018-17 12.18.18 Young Star Caught in a Fit of GrowthResearchers have discovered a young star in the midst of a rare growth spurt—a dramatic phase of stellar evolution wh... read more |
ssc2018-16 11.16.18 Exploding Stars Make Key Ingredient in Sand, GlassWe are all, quite literally, made of star dust. Many of the chemicals that compose our planet and our bodies were for... read more |
ssc2018-15 11.14.18 NASA Learns More About Interstellar Visitor 'OumuamuaIn November 2017, scientists pointed NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope toward the object known as 'Oumuamua - the first ... read more |
ssc2018-14 10.23.18 Newborn Stars Blow Bubbles in the Cat's Paw NebulaThis image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Cat's Paw Nebula, so named for the large, round features tha... read more |
ssc2018-13 08.22.18 15 Years in Space for NASA's Spitzer Space TelescopeInitially scheduled for a minimum 2.5-year primary mission, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has gone far beyond its ex... read more |
ssc2018-12 08.10.18 Spitzer Beyond: The Incredible Continuing Adventures of the Spitzer Space TelescopeThe Spitzer Space Telescope is one of NASA's Great Observatories, designed to observe the universe in infrared light.... read more |
