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ssc2013-04 02.07.13 NASA Telescopes Discover Strobe-like FlashesTwo of NASA's great observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, have teamed up to uncover a mysterious in... read more |
ssc2013-01 01.08.13 NASA Telescopes See Weather Patterns in Brown DwarfAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have probed the stormy atmosphere of a brown dwarf, crea... read more |
ssc2013-02 01.08.13 NASA, ESA Telescopes Find Evidence For Asteroid Belt Around VegaAstronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the star Vega, the second brightest star ... read more |
ssc2013-03 01.07.13 Have You Practiced Your Piano and Done Your NASA Research?Did you know that students as young as 7th graders who are juggling soccer, dances, and homework can also conduct NAS... read more |
ssc2012-16 11.15.12 NASA Observatories Find Most Distant Galaxy CandidateBy combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in... read more |
ssc2012-15 11.01.12 Asteroid Belts at Just the Right Place are Friendly to LifeSolar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just t... read more |
ssc2012-14 10.24.12 NASA'S Spitzer Sees Light Of Lonesome StarsA new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggests a cause for the mysterious glow of infrared light... read more |
ssc2012-13 10.03.12 NASA's Infrared Observatory Measures Expansion Of UniverseAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have announced one of the most precise measurements yet of the Hubbl... read more |
ssc2012-12 09.19.12 NASA Telescopes Spy Ultra-Distant GalaxyWith the combined power of NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, as well as a cosmic magnification effect, astr... read more |
ssc2012-11 07.18.12 Spitzer Finds Possible Exoplanet Smaller than EarthAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is a planet two-thirds the size of E... read more |
ssc2012-10 06.26.12 Astronomers Spot Rare Arc From Hefty Galaxy ClusterSeeing is believing, except when you don't believe what you see. Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have... read more |
ssc2012-09 06.19.12 Most Quasars Live on Snacks, Not Large MealsBlack holes in the early universe needed a few snacks rather than one giant meal to fuel their quasars and help them ... read more |
ssc2012-08 06.07.12 NASA's Spitzer Finds First Objects Burned FuriouslyThe faint, lumpy glow given off by the very first objects in the universe may have been detected with the best precis... read more |
ssc2012-07 05.08.12 NASA's Spitzer Sees The Light of Alien 'Super Earth'NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" planet beyond our solar system for t... read more |
ssc2012-06 04.24.12 NASA'S Spitzer Finds Galaxy with Split PersonalityWhile some galaxies are rotund and others are slender disks like our spiral Milky Way, new observations from NASA's S... read more |
ssc2012-05 04.05.12 NASA Extends Spitzer, Planck, Kepler MissionsNASA is extending three missions affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. -- Kepler, the Spi... read more |
ssc2012-04 02.29.12 Young Stars Flicker Amidst Clouds of Gas and DustAstronomers have spotted young stars in the Orion nebula changing right before their eyes, thanks to the European Spa... read more |
ssc2012-03 02.22.12 NASA's Spitzer Finds Solid Buckyballs in SpaceAstronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time, discovered buckyballs in a solid... read more |
ssc2012-01 01.10.12 Herschel and Spitzer See Nearby Galaxies' StardustThe cold dust that builds blazing stars is revealed in new images that combine observations from the Herschel Space O... read more |
ssc2012-02 01.10.12 Before They Were Stars: New Image Shows Space NurseryThe stars we see today weren't always as serene as they appear, floating alone in the dark of night. Most stars, like... read more |
