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ssc2017-10 08.17.17 Scientists Improve Brown Dwarf Weather ForecastsDim objects called brown dwarfs, less massive than the Sun but more massive than Jupiter, have powerful winds and clo... read more |
ssc2017-09 08.11.17 TRAPPIST-1 is Older Than Our Solar SystemResearchers say in a new study that the TRAPPIST-1 star is quite old: between 5.4 and 9.8 billion years. This is up t... read more |
ssc2017-08 06.08.17 The Art of ExoplanetsHow do you visualize distant worlds that you can't see? IPAC's Robert Hurt and Tim Pyle are featured in a new video p... read more |
ssc2017-07 05.25.17 Collapsing Star Gives Birth to a Black HoleAstronomers have watched as a massive, dying star was likely reborn as a black hole. read more |
ssc2017-06 05.11.17 'Warm Neptune' Has Unexpectedly Primitive AtmosphereA study combining observations from NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes reveals that the distant planet HAT-P-... read more |
ssc2017-05 05.10.17 Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab NebulaAstronomers have produced a highly detailed image of the Crab Nebula, by combining data from telescopes spanning near... read more |
ssc2017-03 04.26.17 'Iceball' Planet Discovered Through MicrolensingScientists have discovered a new planet with the mass of Earth, orbiting its star at the same distance that we orbit ... read more |
ssc2017-02 03.10.17 Ancient Stardust Sheds Light on the First StarsAstronomers have detected a huge mass of glowing stardust in a galaxy seen when the universe was only 4 percent of it... read more |
ssc2017-01 02.22.17 NASA Telescope Reveals Largest Batch of Earth-Size, Habitable-Zone Planets Around Single StarNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. ... read more |
ssc2017-00 02.14.17 Spitzer Hears Stellar 'Heartbeat' from Planetary CompanionA planet and a star are having a tumultuous romance that can be detected from 370 light-years away. NASA's Spitzer Sp... read more |
feature16-16 09.21.16 'Milky Way Project' Relaunches Citizen Science WebsiteTo most of us, our home galaxy, the Milky Way, seems like mind-boggling, never-ending space. But what does the Milky ... read more |
ssc2016-01 03.30.16 NASA’s Spitzer Maps Climate Patterns on a Super-EarthObservations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have led to the first temperature map of a super-Earth planet -- a r... read more |
ssc2015-04 12.03.15 NASA Space Telescopes See Magnified Image of Faintest Galaxy from Early UniverseAstronomers harnessing the combined power of NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have found the faintest objec... read more |
ssc2015-03 09.10.15 NASA Telescopes Find Galaxy Cluster with Vibrant HeartAstronomers have discovered a rare beast of a galaxy cluster whose heart is bursting with new stars. The unexpected f... read more |
ssc2015-02 07.30.15 NASA's Spitzer Confirms Closest Rocky ExoplanetUsing NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have confirmed the discovery of the nearest rocky planet outside ou... read more |
ssc2015-01 05.05.15 Astronomers Set a New Galaxy Distance RecordAn international team of astronomers, led by Yale University and the University of California scientists, pushed back... read more |
ssc2014-07 09.24.14 NASA Telescopes Find Clear Skies and Water Vapor on ExoplanetAstronomers using data from three of NASA's space telescopes -- Hubble, Spitzer and Kepler -- have discovered clear s... read more |
ssc2014-06 08.28.14 NASA's Spitzer Telescope Witnesses Asteroid SmashupNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted an eruption of dust around a young star, possibly the result of a smashup ... read more |
ssc2014-05 08.27.14 NASA Telescopes Uncover Early Construction of Giant GalaxyAstronomers have for the first time caught a glimpse of the earliest stages of massive galaxy construction. The build... read more |
ssc2014-04 05.07.14 NASA Delivers New Insight into Star Cluster FormationUsing data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and infrared telescopes, astronomers have made an important advance ... read more |
ssc2014-03 04.25.14 NASA's Spitzer and WISE Telescopes Find Close, Cold Neighbor of SunNASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered what appears to be the ... read more |
ssc2014-02 03.20.14 NASA's Spitzer Telescope Brings 360-Degree View of Galaxy to Our FingertipsTouring the Milky Way now is as easy as clicking a button with NASA's new zoomable, 360-degree mosaic presented Thurs... read more |
ssc2014-01 01.29.14 NASA and ESA Telescopes Help Solve Mystery of Ultra-Compact, Burned-Out GalaxiesAstronomers using NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, Europe's Herschel Space Observatory, and many ground-ba... read more |
ssc2013-09 10.24.13 NASA's Great Observatories Begin Deepest-Ever Probe of the UniverseNASA's Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes are teaming up to look deeper into the universe than ever before.... read more |
ssc2013-08 09.30.13 NASA Space Telescopes Find Patchy Clouds on Exotic WorldAstronomers using data from NASA's Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes have created the first cloud map of a planet b... read more |
ssc2013-07 08.23.13 NASA's Spitzer Telescope Celebrates 10 Years in SpaceTen years after a Delta II rocket launched NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, lighting up the night sky over Cape Canave... read more |
ssc2013-06 07.23.13 NASA's Spitzer Observes Gas Emission from Comet ISONAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have observed what most likely are strong carbon dioxide emissions f... read more |
ssc2013-05 06.05.13 NASA's Spitzer Sees Milky Way's Blooming CountrysideNew views from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show blooming stars in our Milky Way galaxy's more barren territories, ... read more |
ssc2013-04 02.07.13 NASA Telescopes Discover Strobe-like FlashesTwo of NASA's great observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, have teamed up to uncover a mysterious in... read more |
ssc2013-01 01.08.13 NASA Telescopes See Weather Patterns in Brown DwarfAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have probed the stormy atmosphere of a brown dwarf, crea... read more |
ssc2013-02 01.08.13 NASA, ESA Telescopes Find Evidence For Asteroid Belt Around VegaAstronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the star Vega, the second brightest star ... read more |
ssc2013-03 01.07.13 Have You Practiced Your Piano and Done Your NASA Research?Did you know that students as young as 7th graders who are juggling soccer, dances, and homework can also conduct NAS... read more |
ssc2012-16 11.15.12 NASA Observatories Find Most Distant Galaxy CandidateBy combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in... read more |
ssc2012-15 11.01.12 Asteroid Belts at Just the Right Place are Friendly to LifeSolar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just t... read more |
ssc2012-14 10.24.12 NASA'S Spitzer Sees Light Of Lonesome StarsA new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggests a cause for the mysterious glow of infrared light... read more |
ssc2012-13 10.03.12 NASA's Infrared Observatory Measures Expansion Of UniverseAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have announced one of the most precise measurements yet of the Hubbl... read more |
ssc2012-12 09.19.12 NASA Telescopes Spy Ultra-Distant GalaxyWith the combined power of NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, as well as a cosmic magnification effect, astr... read more |
ssc2012-11 07.18.12 Spitzer Finds Possible Exoplanet Smaller than EarthAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is a planet two-thirds the size of E... read more |
ssc2012-10 06.26.12 Astronomers Spot Rare Arc From Hefty Galaxy ClusterSeeing is believing, except when you don't believe what you see. Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have... read more |
ssc2012-09 06.19.12 Most Quasars Live on Snacks, Not Large MealsBlack holes in the early universe needed a few snacks rather than one giant meal to fuel their quasars and help them ... read more |
ssc2012-08 06.07.12 NASA's Spitzer Finds First Objects Burned FuriouslyThe faint, lumpy glow given off by the very first objects in the universe may have been detected with the best precis... read more |
ssc2012-07 05.08.12 NASA's Spitzer Sees The Light of Alien 'Super Earth'NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" planet beyond our solar system for t... read more |
ssc2012-06 04.24.12 NASA'S Spitzer Finds Galaxy with Split PersonalityWhile some galaxies are rotund and others are slender disks like our spiral Milky Way, new observations from NASA's S... read more |
ssc2012-05 04.05.12 NASA Extends Spitzer, Planck, Kepler MissionsNASA is extending three missions affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. -- Kepler, the Spi... read more |
ssc2012-04 02.29.12 Young Stars Flicker Amidst Clouds of Gas and DustAstronomers have spotted young stars in the Orion nebula changing right before their eyes, thanks to the European Spa... read more |
ssc2012-03 02.22.12 NASA's Spitzer Finds Solid Buckyballs in SpaceAstronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time, discovered buckyballs in a solid... read more |
ssc2012-01 01.10.12 Herschel and Spitzer See Nearby Galaxies' StardustThe cold dust that builds blazing stars is revealed in new images that combine observations from the Herschel Space O... read more |
ssc2012-02 01.10.12 Before They Were Stars: New Image Shows Space NurseryThe stars we see today weren't always as serene as they appear, floating alone in the dark of night. Most stars, like... read more |
ssc2011-10 12.21.11 NASA Telescopes Help Find Rare Galaxy at Dawn of TimeA remote, blob-shaped galaxy has been found bursting with stars by NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes. read more |
ssc2011-09 10.24.11 NASA Telescopes Help Solve Ancient Supernova MysteryA mystery that began nearly 2,000 years ago, when Chinese astronomers witnessed what would turn out to be an explodin... read more |
ssc2011-08 10.19.11 NASA's Spitzer Detects Comet Storm in Nearby Solar SystemNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected signs of icy bodies raining down in an alien solar system. 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
ssc2010-04 03.29.10 Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust: Chandra/Spitzer ImageA new image from NASA's Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes shows the dusty remains of a collapsed star. The dust is... read more |
ssc2010-03 03.17.10 NASA's Spitzer Unearths Primitive Black HolesAstronomers have come across what appear to be two of the earliest and most primitive supermassive black holes known.... read more |
ssc2010-01 01.05.10 Centuries-Old Star Mystery Coming to a CloseFor almost two centuries, humans have looked up at a bright star called Epsilon Aurigae and watched with their own ey... read more |
ssc2010-02 01.05.10 Galaxy Exposes its Dusty Inner Workings in New Spitzer ImageNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured an action-packed picture of the nearby Small Magellanic Cloud, a small ga... read more |
ssc2009-22 11.30.09 Spitzer to Unveil Biggest Milky Way View at Adler PlanetariumIn an unveiling of truly galactic proportions, the world's largest image of our Milky Way galaxy, taken by NASA's Spi... read more |
ssc2009-21 11.23.09 Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown DwarfNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has contributed to the discovery of the youngest brown dwarf ever observed -- a findin... read more |
ssc2009-20 11.10.09 NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of AstronomyA never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way galaxy is being unveiled by NASA today. This event w... read more |
ssc2009-19 10.06.09 NASA Space Telescope Discovers Largest Ring Around SaturnNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn â by far the largest of the giant plan... read more |
ssc2009-18 09.23.09 NASA's Spitzer Spots Clump of Swirling Planetary MaterialAstronomers have witnessed odd behavior around a young star. Something, perhaps another star or a planet, appears to ... read more |
ssc2009-17 08.12.09 Space Telescopes Find Trigger-Happy Star FormationA new study from two of NASA's Great Observatories provides fresh insight into how some stars are born, along with a ... read more |
ssc2009-16 08.10.09 Planet Smash-Up Sends Vaporized Rock, Hot Lava FlyingNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found evidence of a high-speed collision between two burgeoning planets around a y... read more |
ssc2009-15 08.05.09 NASA's Spitzer Sees the Cosmos Through 'Warm' Infrared EyesNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is starting a second career and taking its first shots of the cosmos since warming up. read more |
ssc2009-14 07.23.09 NASA's Spitzer Images Out-of-this-World GalaxyNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has imaged a wild creature of the dark â a coiled galaxy with an eye-like object at ... read more |
ssc2009-13 06.10.09 Baby Stars Finally Found in Jumbled Galactic CenterAstronomers have at last uncovered newborn stars at the frenzied center of our Milky Way galaxy. The discovery was ma... read more |
ssc2009-12 05.15.09 NASA's Spitzer Begins Warm MissionAfter more than five-and-a-half years of probing the cool cosmos, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has run out of the c... read more |
ssc2009-11 05.13.09 Spitzer Catches Star Cooking Up Comet CrystalsScientists have long wondered how tiny silicate crystals, which need sizzling high temperatures to form, have found t... read more |
ssc2009-10 05.06.09 NASA's Spitzer Telescope Warms up to New CareerThe primary mission of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is about to end after more than five and a half years of probin... read more |
ssc2009-09 04.07.09 Cool Stars Have Different Mix of Life-Forming ChemicalsLife on Earth is thought to have arisen from a hot soup of chemicals. Does this same soup exist on planets around oth... read more |
ssc2009-08 04.03.09 M33: A Close Neighbor Reveals its True Size and SplendorThis new image of the Triangulum galaxy is being released as part of the 'Around the World in 80 Telescopes' event fo... read more |
ssc2009-07 04.02.09 NASA Joins 'Around the World in 80 Telescopes'A collection of NASA missions will be involved in a live event Friday, April 3, that will allow the public to get an ... read more |
ssc2009-06 03.16.09 Hearts of Galaxies Close in for Cosmic Train WreckA new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a rare view of an imminent collision between the cores of two ... read more |
ssc2009-05 03.03.09 Mission Status Report Spitzer Space TelescopeNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has resumed normal operations after entering standby mode on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, at... read more |
ssc2009-04 02.25.09 NASA Announces 2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics FellowsNASA has selected fellows in three areas of astronomy and astrophysics for its Einstein, Hubble and Sagan Fellowships... read more |
ssc2009-03 02.10.09 NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of AstronomyGalileo first turned his telescope to the heavens in 1609, marking the dawn of modern astronomy. To commemorate 400 y... read more |
ssc2009-02 01.28.09 Astronomers Observe Planet with Wild Temperature SwingsNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a planet that heats up to red-hot temperatures in a matter of hours befor... read more |
ssc2009-01 01.05.09 Dead Stars Tell Story of Planet BirthAstronomers have turned to an unexpected place to study the evolution of planets -- dead stars. read more |
ssc2008-22 12.10.08 Astronomers Find the Two Dimmest Stellar BulbsIt's a tie! The new record-holder for dimmest known star-like object in the universe goes to twin "failed" stars, or ... read more |
ssc2008-21 12.08.08 Rivers of Gas Flow Around Stars in New Space ImageA new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a turbulent star-forming region, where rivers of gas and stella... read more |
ssc2008-20 11.11.08 Dusty Shock Waves Generate Planet IngredientsShock waves around dusty, young stars might be creating the raw materials for planets, according to new observations ... read more |
ssc2008-19 10.27.08 Closest Planetary System Hosts Two Asteroid BeltsNew observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope indicate that the nearest planetary system to our own has two as... read more |
ssc2008-18 10.13.08 NASA's Spitzer Gets Sneak Peek Inside Comet HolmesWhen comet Holmes unexpectedly erupted in 2007, professional and amateur astronomers around the world turned their te... read more |
ssc2008-17 10.08.08 Splashy Portrait Helps Explain How Stars FormThis painterly portrait of a star-forming cloud, called NGC 346, is a combination of multiwavelength light from NASA'... read more |
ssc2008-16 10.01.08 Infrared Echoes give NASA's Spitzer a Supernova FlashbackHot spots near the shattered remains of an exploded star are echoing the blast's first moments, say scientists using ... read more |
ssc2008-15 08.22.08 Generations of Stars Pose for Family PortraitA new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells a tale of life and death amidst a rich family history. The stri... read more |
ssc2008-14 07.21.08 Spitzer Reveals 'No Organics' Zone Around Pinwheel GalaxyThe Pinwheel galaxy is gussied up in infrared light in a new picture from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. read more |
ssc2008-13 07.15.08 Brightest Star in the Galaxy has New CompetitionA contender for the title of brightest star in our Milky Way galaxy has been unearthed in the dusty metropolis of the... read more |
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August 17 Brown Dwarf Weather Animated Chart |
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August 17 Brown Dwarf Weather Animation |
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