feature10-04 03.23.10 Spitzer Space Telescope Team Receives AwardNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope team has been selected to receive the 2010 Maria and Eric Muhlmann Award from the Astr... read more |
feature10-03 03.10.10 Spitzer Detects the 'Heartbeat' of Star Formation in the Milky Way GalaxyAstronomers have used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope rather like a doctor's stethoscope to listen in on the "heartbea... read more |
feature10-02 02.18.10 Jurassic Space: Telescopes Probe Ancient Galaxies Near UsImagine finding a living dinosaur in your backyard. Astronomers have found the astronomical equivalent of prehistoric... read more |
partner069 02.17.10 NASA's Chandra Reveals Origin of Key Cosmic ExplosionsNew findings from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided a major advance in understanding a type of supernova... read more |
feature10-01 02.09.10 Spitzer Goes to the OlympicsArtwork inspired by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is making an appearance at this year's Winter Olympics in Vancouve... read more |
feature09-17 12.24.09 A Quarter Century of Infrared AstronomyThis composite graphic encompasses a quarter century of infrared astronomy from space, a world away from Galileo Gali... read more |
feature09-16 11.04.09 Unsettled Youth: Spitzer Observes a Chaotic Planetary SystemBefore our planets found their way to the stable orbits they circle in today, they wiggled and jostled about like uns... read more |
feature09-15 10.30.09 Spitzer Space Telescope Mission StatusOn Friday, Oct. 23, engineers with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope successfully swapped the spacecraft from the main n... read more |
feature09-14 10.23.09 Universal OriginsFour hundred years ago when Galileo turned his tiny telescope to the night sky our view of the Universe changed forev... read more |
feature09-12 10.20.09 Astronomers Do It Again: Find Organic Molecules Around Gas PlanetPeering far beyond our solar system, NASA researchers have detected the basic chemistry for life in a second hot gas ... read more |
feature09-11 09.01.09 Station FireSmoke and flames from the Station Fire are visible from the Spitzer Science Center, located on the campus of the Cali... read more |
feature09-10 07.27.09 Warmed Up and Ready to GoNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has put its infrared eyes back on the sky to observe the cold and dusty universe. read more |
feature09-09 07.10.09 Spitzer Status UpdateTesting and characterization activities continue for NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope warm mission, a process that bega... read more |
feature09-08 06.29.09 Frank Low, Pioneer of Infrared Astronomy, 1933-2009On June 11th, Dr. Frank Low, one of the people responsible for the rise of infrared astronomy, died in Tucson. He was... read more |
feature09-07 06.23.09 Spitzer Status UpdateEngineers and scientists are continuing with testing and characterization activities for the NASA Spitzer Space Teles... read more |
feature09-06 06.09.09 Spitzer Status UpdateCharacterization activities for NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope continue, a process that began after its cryogen ran o... read more |
feature09-05 05.28.09 Spitzer Status UpdateCharacterization activities for NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope continue, a process that began after its cryogen ran o... read more |
feature09-04 05.05.09 If Spitzer Could Talk: An Interview with NASA's Coolest Space TelescopeNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is about to use its last drop of the coolant that has chilled it for the past five-and... read more |
feature09-03 04.30.09 Streams of Stars Provide "Missing Link" in the Evolution of Galaxy DisksUsing NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered streams of young stars flow... read more |
feature09-02 04.20.09 Rocky Planets Around 'Dead' StarsUsing the infrared detectors on NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of researchers based in the U.K. and in the Un... read more |
feature09-01 03.12.09 Galactic Dust Bunnies Found to Contain Carbon After AllUsing NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have found evidence suggesting that stars rich in carbon complex mo... read more |
feature08-18 12.24.08 New Image Shows the Power of Visual RemixThe same way a visible-light photographer can choose to shoot black and white instead of color, astronomers using NAS... read more |
feature08-17 12.16.08 Planets Living on the EdgeSome stars have it tough when it comes to raising planets. A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows one ... read more |
feature08-16 12.03.08 Vivid View of Tycho's Supernova RemnantThis composite image of the Tycho supernova remnant combines infrared and X-ray observations obtained with NASA's Spi... read more |
feature08-15 10.07.08 Massive Young Stars Trigger Stellar BirthRCW 108 is a region where stars are actively forming within the Milky Way galaxy about 4,000 light years from Earth. ... read more |
feature08-14 10.07.08 Artists and Astronomers 'Observe' the Universe TogetherOur current view of the universe, to quote Albert Einstein, is "not weirder than we do imagine, but weirder than we c... read more |
feature08-13 09.23.08 Spitzer Podcasts Downloaded Over 7 Million TimesPodcasting -- producing audio & video content for computers and mobile devices -- has grown in popularity over the pa... read more |
feature08-12 09.18.08 Water Hit with Young Star's Best ShotWater is being blasted to pieces by a young star's laser-like jets, according to new observations from NASA's Spitzer... read more |
feature08-11 09.10.08 The Spitzer Space Telescope and the Los Angeles Arboretum Team Up for TerrabyteTake leading artists and scientists from all over the Pasadena area, put them in the great outdoors on a lovely late ... read more |
feature08-10 08.19.08 Celebrate Spitzer's 5th Anniversary at Griffith Observatory!Los Angeles' Griffith Observatory will host an event on August 22-24, 2008 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of NASA... read more |
feature08-09 08.06.08 Spitzer Notices Star Birth Spike in Galaxies Moving to Cosmic CitiesNew evidence from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies undergo a huge stellar baby boom when the... read more |
feature08-08 06.18.08 Stellar Lightweight Causes a Mysteriously Massive ExplosionWhen amateur astronomer Ron Arbour spotted an enormous explosion from 17 million light-years away in the Fireworks Ga... read more |
feature08-07 05.16.08 Spitzer Finds Cosmic Neon's Sweet SpotOn Earth, neon is known for being flashy. Any Las Vegas tourist knows that signs sporting this noble gas are hard to ... read more |
feature08-06 05.13.08 New Software Brings the Universe to Your ComputerThe incredible images from NASA's "Great Observatories" and many other NASA space- and ground-based telescopes are no... read more |
feature08-05 04.30.08 The Second Stellar Baby BoomWhen it comes to giving birth, galaxies don't seem to have a "ticking biological clock." In fact, observations from N... read more |
feature08-04 04.08.08 Spitzer Spots Ancient Cosmic Urban SprawlThe universe's first "galactic cities" did not sprout up randomly across space. On the contrary, a new statistical an... read more |
feature08-03 03.24.08 Cosmic Searchlights Reveal 'Lost' GalaxiesMillions of faint galaxies are hovering near the edge of our universe, too dim to be detected by most telescopes -- b... read more |
feature08-02 02.26.08 Spitzer's Eyes Perfect for Spotting Diamonds in the SkyDiamonds may be rare on Earth, but surprisingly common in space -- and the super-sensitive infrared eyes of NASA's Sp... read more |
feature08-01 01.25.08 Cosmic Suburbia is a Better Breeding Ground for StarsNew observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggest that galaxies prefer to raise stars in cosmic suburbia r... read more |
feature07-25 12.21.07 One Million Downloads for the Hidden UniverseIt's official -- "The Hidden Universe" is no longer a secret. The video podcast series from NASA's Spitzer Space Tele... read more |
