ssc2008-04 02.12.08 Astronomers Eye Ultra-Young, Bright Galaxy in Early UniverseNASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, with a boost from a natural "zoom lens," have uncovered what may be one o... read more |
ssc2008-03 02.11.08 Spitzer Catches Young Stars in Their Baby Blanket of DustNewborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud ... read more |
ssc2008-02 01.15.08 NASA Unveils Cosmic Images Book in Braille for Blind ReadersAt a ceremony held today at the National Federation of the Blind, NASA unveiled a new book that brings majestic image... read more |
ssc2008-01 01.10.08 Even Thin Galaxies Can Grow Fat Black HolesNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected plump black holes where least expected -- skinny galaxies. read more |
ssc2007-20 12.20.07 10,000 Earths' Worth of Fresh Dust Found Near Star ExplosionAstronomers have at last found definitive evidence that the universe's first dust -- the celestial stuff that seeded ... read more |
ssc2007-19 11.29.07 Embryonic Star Captured with Jets FlaringA developing star wrapped in a black cocoon of dust is seen sprouting giant jets in a new image from NASA's Spitzer S... read more |
ssc2007-18 11.20.07 Astronomers Say Moons Like Ours Are UncommonThe next time you take a moonlit stroll, or admire a full, bright-white moon looming in the night sky, you might coun... read more |
ssc2007-17 10.25.07 Missing Black Hole Report: Hundreds Found!Astronomers have unmasked hundreds of black holes hiding deep inside dusty galaxies billions of light-years away. read more |
ssc2007-16 10.09.07 Astronomers Find Dust in the Wind of Black HolesThe hit song that proclaimed, "All we are is dust in the wind," may have some cosmic truth to it. New findings from N... read more |
ssc2007-15 09.06.07 NASA Space Telescopes Find 'Lego-Block' Galaxies in Early UniverseNASA's Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes have joined forces to discover nine of the smallest, faintest, most compac... read more |
ssc2007-14 08.29.07 Water Vapor Seen 'Raining Down' on Young Star SystemNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected enough water vapor to fill the oceans on Earth five times inside the coll... read more |
ssc2007-13 08.06.07 NASA's Spitzer Spies Monster Galaxy PileupFour galaxies are slamming into each other and kicking up billions of stars in one of the largest cosmic smash-ups ev... read more |
ssc2007-12 07.11.07 NASA's Spitzer Finds Water Vapor on Hot, Alien PlanetA scorching-hot gas planet beyond our solar system is steaming up with water vapor, according to new observations fro... read more |
ssc2007-11 05.30.07 NASA Space Telescope Gives Scientists Depth PerceptionAstronomers now have a new "eye" for determining the distance to certain mysterious bodies in and around our Milky Wa... read more |
ssc2007-10 05.28.07 Spitzer Nets Thousands of Galaxies in a Giant ClusterIn just a short amount of time, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has bagged thousands of previously unknown dwarf galax... read more |
ssc2007-09 05.09.07 NASA Finds Extremely Hot Planet, Makes First Exoplanet Weather MapResearchers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have learned what the weather is like on two distant, exotic worlds.... read more |
ssc2007-08 04.18.07 Astronomers Map Out Planetary Danger ZoneAstronomers have laid down the cosmic equivalent of yellow "caution" tape around super hot stars, marking the zones w... read more |
ssc2007-07 04.12.07 The Seven Sisters Pose for Spitzer -- and for You!The Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades, seem to float on a bed of feathers in a new infrared image from NASA's... read more |
ssc2007-06 04.10.07 Mystery Spiral Arms Explained?Using a quartet of space observatories, University of Maryland astronomers may have cracked a 45-year mystery surroun... read more |
ssc2007-05 03.29.07 NASA Telescope Finds Planets Thrive Around Stellar TwinsThe double sunset that Luke Skywalker gazed upon in the film Star Wars might not be a fantasy. read more |
