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ssc2017-14 10.16.17 NASA Missions Catch First Light from a Gravitational-Wave EventFor the first time, NASA scientists have detected light tied to a gravitational-wave event, thanks to two merging neu... read more |
ssc2017-13 10.13.17 NASA Seeks Information from Potential Funders for SpitzerNASA is seeking information from U.S. parties interested in operating the Spitzer Space Telescope with non-NASA fundi... read more |
ssc2017-12 10.11.17 Giant Exoplanet Hunters: Look for Debris DisksA study finds that giant exoplanets that orbit far from their stars are more likely to be found around young stars th... read more |
ssc2017-11 10.04.17 Mysterious Dimming of Tabby's Star May Be Caused by DustOne of the most mysterious stellar objects may be revealing some of its secrets at last. Called KIC 8462852, also kno... read more |
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 |
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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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August 17 Brown Dwarf Weather Animation |
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May 3 5000 Days in the Life of an Astronomy Robot |
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February 21 TRAPPIST-1 Planetary Orbits and Transits |
