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 |
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 |
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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 |
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June 5 Life and Death Intermingled |
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June 5 Galaxies in Hiding |
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June 5 Galaxies in Hiding |
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June 5 Stars Shoot Jets in Cosmic Playground |
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June 5 Bubbles Within Bubbles (annotated) |
