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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
