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 |
ssc2008-12 07.10.08 Rare 'Star-Making Machine' Found In Distant UniverseAstronomers have uncovered an extreme stellar machine -- a galaxy in the very remote universe pumping out stars at a ... read more |
ssc2008-11 06.03.08 Spitzer Captures Stellar Coming of Age in Our GalaxyMore than 800,000 snapshots from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have been stitched together to create a new "coming o... read more |
ssc2008-10 06.03.08 Two of the Milky Way's Spiral Arms Go MissingNew images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope are shedding light on the true structure of the Milky Way, revealing t... read more |
ssc2008-09 05.29.08 Scientists Hold Séance for SupernovaAstronomers have unearthed secrets from the grave of a star that blasted apart in a supernova explosion long ago. By ... read more |
ssc2008-08 05.28.08 Strange Ring Found Circling Dead StarNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a bizarre ring of material around the magnetic remains of a star that blaste... read more |
ssc2008-07 04.10.08 Spitzer Sees Shining Stellar SphereMillions of clustered stars glisten like an iridescent opal in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. read more |
ssc2008-06 03.13.08 Spitzer Finds Organics and Water Where New Planets May GrowResearchers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered large amounts of simple organic gases and water vapo... read more |
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June 5 Galaxies in Hiding |
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June 5 Life and Death Intermingled |
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June 5 Stars Shoot Jets in Cosmic Playground |
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June 5 Galaxies in Hiding |
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June 5 Bubbles Within Bubbles (annotated) |
