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 |
ssc2020-01 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 |




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