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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 |
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August 17 Brown Dwarf Weather Animation |
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August 17 Brown Dwarf Weather Animated Chart |
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August 17 Brown Dwarf Weather Annotated |
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May 3 5000 Days in the Life of an Astronomy Robot |
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February 21 The Seven Wonders of TRAPPIST-1 |
