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ssc2007-05 03.29.07 NASA Telescope Finds Planets Thrive Around Stellar Twins The double sunset that Luke Skywalker gazed upon in the film Star Wars might not be a fantasy. read more	ssc2007-04 02.21.07 NASA's Spitzer First To Crack Open Light of Faraway Worlds NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured for the first time enough light from planets outside our solar system, kn... read more
ssc2007-03 02.12.07 Comets Clash at Heart of Helix Nebula A bunch of rowdy comets are colliding and kicking up dust around a dead star, according to new observations from NASA... read more	ssc2007-01 01.09.07 Famous Space Pillars Feel the Heat of Star's Explosion The three iconic space pillars photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 might have met their demise, acc... read more
ssc2007-02 01.08.07 Gas Giants Form Quickly Gas-giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn form soon after their stars do, according to new research. read more	ssc2006-22 12.18.06 NASA Telescope Picks Up Glow of Universe's First Objects New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope strongly suggest that infrared light detected in a prior study o... read more
ssc2006-21 11.07.06 Spitzer and Hubble Create Colorful Masterpiece A new image from NASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes looks more like an abstract painting than a cosmic snapsh... read more	ssc2006-20 10.27.06 Snake on a Galactic Plane! Something scary appears to be slithering across the plane of our Milky Way galaxy in this new Halloween image from NA... read more
ssc2006-19 10.26.06 NASA's Spitzer Peels Back Layers of Star's Explosion Astronomers using NASA's infrared Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered that an exploded star, named Cassiopeia A, ... read more	ssc2006-18 10.12.06 NASA's Spitzer Sees Day and Night on Exotic World NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has made the first measurements of the day and night temperatures of a planet outside ... read more
ssc2006-17 08.31.06 The Eternal Life of Stardust Portrayed in New NASA Image A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is helping astronomers understand how stardust is recycled in galaxie... read more	ssc2006-16 08.14.06 NASA's Spitzer Digs Up Troves of Possible Solar Systems in Orion Astronomers have long scrutinized the vast and layered clouds of the Orion nebula, an industrious star-making factory... read more
ssc2006-15 07.24.06 Planet-Forming Disks Might Put the Brakes on Stars Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have found evidence that dusty disks of planet-forming material tug ... read more	ssc2006-14 06.05.06 Andromeda Adrift in Sea of Dust in New NASA Image The Andromeda galaxy, named for the mythological princess who almost fell prey to a sea monster, appears tranquil in ... read more
ssc2006-13 05.10.06 Spitzer Telescope Sees Trail of Comet Crumbs NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has snapped a picture of the bits and pieces making up Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3... read more	ssc2006-12 05.09.06 Spitzer Scientist To Give Prestigious Darwin Lecture Dr. Michael Werner, project scientist of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, has been selected to give the Royal Astronom... read more
ssc2006-11 04.26.06 Galaxies Don Mask of Stars in New Spitzer Image A pair of dancing galaxies appears dressed for a cosmic masquerade in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. read more	ssc2006-10 04.05.06 NASA's Spitzer Finds Hints of Planet Birth Around Dead Star NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has uncovered new evidence that planets might rise up out of a dead star's ashes. read more
ssc2006-09 03.16.06 Galaxy on Fire! NASA's Spitzer Reveals Stellar Smoke Where there's smoke, there's fire -- even in outer space. A new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope sh... read more	ssc2006-08 03.02.06 A Shocking Surprise in Stephan's Quintet This false-color composite image of the Stephan's Quintet galaxy cluster clearly shows one of the largest shock waves... read more
ssc2006-07 02.21.06 NASA's Spitzer Makes Hot Alien World the Closest Directly Detected For Release: February 21, 2006 read more	ssc2006-06 02.15.06 NASA's Spitzer Finds Violent Galaxies Smothered in 'Crushed Glass' NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a rare population of colliding galaxies whose entangled hearts are wrappe... read more
ssc2006-05 02.08.06 NASA's Spitzer Uncovers Hints of Mega Solar Systems NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has identified two huge "hypergiant" stars circled by monstrous disks of what might be... read more	ssc2006-04 01.11.06 NASA's Spitzer Finds Possible Comet Dust Around Dead Star NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted what may be comet dust sprinkled around the white dwarf star G29-38, which... read more
ssc2006-02 01.10.06 Spitzer Captures Our Galaxy's Bustling Center A new infrared mosaic from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a stunning view of the stellar hustle and bustle tha... read more	ssc2006-03 01.09.06 Mystery Solved: High-Energy Fireworks Linked to Massive Star Cluster Call it the Bermuda Triangle of our Milky Way Galaxy: a tiny patch of sky that has been known for years to be the sou... read more
ssc2006-01 01.09.06 Spitzer Puts a New Spin on the Helix Nebula The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) is a challenging stargazing target for amateur astronomers. It is one of the closest plan... read more	ssc2005-26 12.20.05 Partial Ingredients for DNA and Protein Found Around Star NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered some of life's most basic ingredients in the dust swirling around a you... read more
ssc2005-25 12.05.05 Learn About Spitzer and Its Cosmically Infrared World NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is bringing new light -- infrared light -- to the study of our dark and mysterious uni... read more	ssc2005-24 11.15.05 Beautiful Chaos of Star Birth Located 1,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Perseus, a reflection nebula called NGC 1333 epitomizes the... read more
ssc2005-23 11.09.05 Spitzer Captures Cosmic Mountains of Creation A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals billowing mountains of dust ablaze with the fires of stellar ... read more	ssc2005-22 11.02.05 Scientists See Light that May Be from First Objects in Universe Scientists using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope say they have detected light that may be from the earliest objects in... read more
ssc2005-21 10.20.05 NASA's Spitzer Finds Failed Stars May Succeed in Planet Business NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted the very beginnings of what might become planets around the puniest of cel... read more	ssc2005-20 10.13.05 Lady in Red: Andromeda Galaxy Shines in Spitzer's Eyes NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured a stunning infrared view of Messier 31, the famous spiral galaxy also kno... read more
ssc2005-19 09.27.05 NASA Finds 'Big Baby' Galaxies in Newborn Universe Two of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, have teamed up to "weigh" the stars in se... read more	ssc2005-18 09.07.05 NASA's Spitzer and Deep Impact Build Recipe for Comet Soup When Deep Impact smashed into comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005, it released the ingredients of our solar system's primo... read more
ssc2005-17 08.03.05 NASA's Spitzer Finds Hidden, Hungry Black Holes Most of the biggest black holes in the universe have been eating cosmic meals behind closed doors -- until now. read more	ssc2005-15 07.28.05 Spitzer Finds Life Components in Young Universe NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found the ingredients for life all the way back to a time when the universe was a ... read more
ssc2005-14 06.09.05 NASA's Spitzer Captures Echo of Dead Star's Rumblings An enormous light echo etched in the sky by a fitful dead star was spotted by the infrared eyes of NASA's Spitzer Spa... read more	ssc2005-13 06.02.05 NASA's Space Eyes Focus on Deep Impact Target On July 4, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will attempt an extraordinarily daring encounter with the far-flung comet Te... read more
ssc2005-12 05.30.05 Spitzer Captures Fruits of Massive Stars' Labors The saga of how a few monstrous stars spawned a diverse community of additional stars is told in a new image from NAS... read more	ssc2005-11 05.04.05 Hats Off to Space Day from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope NASA salutes Space Day, observed this year on May 5, with a new dramatic image of the Sombrero galaxy. Space Day, he... read more
ssc2005-10 04.20.05 NASA's Spitzer Telescope Sees Signs of Alien Asteroid Belt NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted what may be the dusty spray of asteroids banging together in a belt that o... read more	ssc2005-09 03.22.05 NASA's Spitzer Marks Beginning of New Age of Planetary Science NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has for the first time captured the light from two known planets orbiting stars other ... read more
ssc2005-08 03.01.05 NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Exposes Dusty Galactic Hideouts How do you hide something as big and bright as a galaxy? You smother it in cosmic dust. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescop... read more	ssc2005-07 02.11.05 NASA and the Universe Send a Celestial Valentine The candles are lit, the champagne is on ice. All you need now are flowers and a ring. This Valentine's Day, NASA's... read more
ssc2005-06 02.07.05 Astronomers Discover Beginnings of 'Mini' Solar System Moons circle planets, and planets circle stars. Now, astronomers have learned that planets may also circle celestial ... read more	ssc2005-02 01.12.05 Spitzer Finds Stellar 'Incubators' with Massive Star Embryos NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has uncovered a hatchery for massive stars. read more
ssc2005-03 01.11.05 New Clues Found in Ongoing Mystery of Giant Galactic Blobs Astronomers have numerous technical terms and numbering systems for describing the universe, but one type of mysterio... read more	ssc2005-04 01.11.05 Spitzer Space Telescope Reads Solar System's 'Rosetta Stone' When our solar system was young, its biggest babies â Jupiter and Saturn â threw tantrums by the trillion. The hu... read more
ssc2005-01 01.10.05 Spitzer Sees Dusty Aftermath of Pluto-Sized Collision Astronomers say a dusty disk swirling around the nearby star Vega is bigger than earlier thought. It was probably cau... read more	ssc2004-22 12.09.04 Spitzer and Hubble Capture Evolving Planetary Systems Two of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, have provided astronom... read more
ssc2004-20 11.09.04 Spitzer Sees Ice and Warm Glows in Dark and Dusty Places Two new results from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope released today are helping astronomers better understand how star... read more	ssc2004-19 11.05.04 First Peek at Spitzer's Legacy: Mysterious Whirlpool Galaxy The astronomical community has received a new gift -- bundles of spruced up data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.... read more
ssc2004-18 10.28.04 'Galactic Ghoul' Rears Its Spooky Head A "monster" lurking behind a blanket of cosmic dust is unveiled in this new Halloween image from NASA's Spitzer Space... read more	ssc2004-17 10.18.04 Astronomers Discover Planet Building Is Big Mess Planets are built over a long period of massive collisions between rocky bodies as big as mountain ranges, astronomer... read more
ssc2004-16 10.12.04 Newfound Star Cluster May Be Final Milky Way 'Fossil' Just when astronomers thought they might have dug up the last of our galaxy's "fossils," they've discovered a new one... read more	ssc2004-15 10.06.04 Great Observatories May Unravel 400-Year-Old Supernova Mystery Four hundred years ago, sky watchers, including the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler, best known as the discoverer o... read more
ssc2004-14 09.07.04 Spitzer Arrives at Scene of Galactic Collision NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has set its infrared sight on a major galactic collision and witnessed not death, but ... read more	ssc2004-13 08.09.04 Dying Star Goes Out With a Ring A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the shimmering embers of a dying star, and in their midst a mys... read more
ssc2004-12 06.28.04 Seeing Double: Spitzer Captures Our Galaxy's Twin What would our Milky Way galaxy look like if we could travel outside it and snap a picture? It might look a lot like ... read more	ssc2004-10 06.01.04 Spitzer Leads NASA's Great Observatories To Uncover Black Holes, Other Hidden Objects Astronomers unveiled the deepest images from NASA's new Spitzer Space Telescope today and announced the detection of ... read more
ssc2004-09 06.01.04 Spitzer Spies Parallelogram-Shaped Galactic Meal Peering into the "gut" of the galaxy Centaurus A, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured in unprecedented detail... read more	ssc2004-11 05.31.04 Spitzer Space Telescope Sets Infrared Eyes on Dark Matter Ten years ago, a group of astronomers set out to find invisible, or dark, matter in the outer fringes of our galaxy. ... read more
ssc2004-08 05.27.04 Raw Ingredients for Life Detected in Planetary Construction Zones NASA has announced new findings from the Spitzer Space Telescope, including the discovery of significant amounts of i... read more	ssc2004-07 05.11.04 Spitzer Shares the Wealth Like a philanthropist donating a prized collection to a museum, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has opened a virtual v... read more
ssc2004-06 04.13.04 Invisible Giants Exposed in New Spitzer Image Hidden behind a curtain of dusty darkness lurks one of the most violent pockets of star birth in our galaxy. Called D... read more	ssc2004-05 03.15.04 Most Distant Object in Solar System Discovered NASA-funded researchers have discovered the most distant object orbiting Earth's Sun. The object is a mysterious plan... read more
ssc2004-04 03.08.04 NASA Creates Portrait of Life and Death in the Universe In a small nearby galaxy lies a luminous cloud of gas and dust, called a nebula, which houses a family of newborn sta... read more	ssc2004-03 02.24.04 And The Laurel Goes To... The Spitzer Space Telescope! Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine has honored the teams that built NASA's new Spitzer Space Telescope with a ... read more
ssc2004-02 02.12.04 Spitzer Telescope Sends Rose for Valentine's Day Out of the dark and dusty cosmos comes an unusual valentine -- a stellar nursery resembling a shimmering pink rosebud... read more	ssc2004-01 01.13.04 Stormy Cloud of Star Birth Glows in New Spitzer Image A dusty stellar nursery shines brightly in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly known as the Spa... read more
ssc2003-06 12.18.03 NASA Releases Dazzling Images from New Space Telescope A new window to the universe has opened with today's release of the first dazzling images from NASA's newly named Spi... read more	ssc2003-05 12.18.03 NASA Announces New Name for Space Infrared Telescope Facility NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe today announced that NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility has been renamed the Sp... read more
ssc2003-04 10.13.03 Space Infrared Telescope Facility Mission Status The Space Infrared Telescope Facility, NASA's fourth and final Great Observatory, has been successfully focused. This... read more	ssc2003-03 09.03.03 Space Infrared Telescope Facility Mission Status NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility has switched on two of its onboard instruments and captured some preliminary... read more
ssc2003-01 08.25.03 Space Infrared Telescope Facility Lifts Off NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility successfully launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard... read more	ssc2003-02 08.25.03 Space Infrared Telescope Facility Mission Status Following last night's picture-perfect launch, NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility is positioned exactly where g... read more
ssc2003-00 03.25.03 Space Observatory To Study the Old, the Cold, and the Dusty A NASA observatory will soon open a new window to the universe. By using infrared technology to study celestial objec... read more	ssc2003-0 03.06.03 Space Infrared Telescope Facility Arrives at KSC The Space Infrared Telescope Facility arrived today at the Kennedy Space Center to begin final preparations for its l... read more

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