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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
