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 |
feature10-19 11.18.10 Spitzer Reveals a Buried Explosion Sparked by a Galactic Train WreckAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have found a stunning burst of star formation that beams out as much... read more |
ssc2010-09 10.27.10 Space Buckyballs Thrive, Finds NASA Spitzer TelescopeAstronomers have discovered bucket loads of buckyballs in space. They used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to find the... read more |
feature10-18 10.27.10 Spitzer Goes Buck Wild and Finds Buckyballs Floating Between the StarsFresh after finding buckyballs around an aging star, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has now detected these intriguing... read more |
ssc2010-08 10.19.10 Astronomers Find Weird, Warm Spot on an ExoplanetObservations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveal a distant planet with a warm spot in the wrong place. read more |
feature10-17 10.12.10 Giant Star Goes Supernova -- and is Smothered by its Own DustA giant star in a faraway galaxy recently ended its life with a dust-shrouded whimper instead of the more typical bang. read more |
feature10-16 09.23.10 Shining Starlight on the Dark Cocoons of Star BirthNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope data offers insight into cores of star-forming regions. read more |
feature10-15 09.02.10 Spitzer Finds a Flavorful Mix of AsteroidsNew research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals that asteroids somewhat near Earth, termed near-Earth object... read more |
ssc2010-07 08.23.10 Pulverized Planet Dust May Lie Around Double StarsTight double-star systems might not be the best places for life to spring up, according to a new study using data fro... read more |
feature10-14 08.18.10 Galaxies' Glory Days RevealedAstronomers have experienced the galactic equivalent of discovering pictures of a mild-mannered grandmother partying ... read more |
feature10-13 08.05.10 NASA's Great Observatories Witness a Galactic SpectacleA new image of two tangled galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories. read more |
feature10-12 07.28.10 Into the Wild: Spitzer Space Telescope Surveys the Milky Way's OutbackA new survey by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has turned up treasures aplenty in the outer regions of the Milky Way,... read more |
ssc2010-06 07.22.10 NASA Telescope Finds Elusive Buckyballs in Space for First TimeAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered carbon molecules, known as "buckyballs," in space fo... read more |
feature10-11 07.14.10 Unravelling the Mystery of Star Birth - Dust Disk Discovered Around Massive StarAstronomers caught their first glimpse of a dusty disk closely encircling a massive baby star, providing direct evide... read more |
feature10-10 07.09.10 Catch a Planet By the TailNew observations of a dust cloud trailing Earth may help astronomers find Earth-like planets around distant stars. NA... read more |
feature10-09 07.07.10 Spitzer Spies a 'Flying Dragon' Smoldering with Secret Star BirthNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed a cosmic cloud shaped like a flying dragon that has a secret burning behi... read more |
feature10-08 06.24.10 The Coolest Stars Come Out of the DarkAstronomers have uncovered what appear to be 14 of the coldest stars known in our universe. These failed stars, calle... read more |
partner071 05.26.10 Astronomers Discover Clue to Origin of Milky Way Gas CloudsA surprising discovery that hydrogen gas clouds found in abundance in and above our Milky Way Galaxy have preferred l... read more |
feature10-07 05.20.10 Two Peas in an Irregular Pod: How Binary Stars May FormOur sun may be an only child, but most of the stars in the galaxy are actually twins. The sibling stars circle around... read more |
feature10-06 05.12.10 Ancient City of Galaxies Looks Surprisingly ModernAstronomers are a bit like archeologists as they dig back through space and time searching for remnants of the early ... read more |
ssc2010-05 04.21.10 'This Planet Tastes Funny,' According to Spitzer TelescopeNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered something odd about a distant planet -- it lacks methane, an ingredient... read more |
feature10-05 04.01.10 Colony of Young Stars Shines in New Spitzer ImageAstronomers have their eyes on a hot group of young stars, watching their every move like the paparazzi. A new infrar... read more |
