ssc2009-22 11.30.09 Spitzer to Unveil Biggest Milky Way View at Adler PlanetariumIn an unveiling of truly galactic proportions, the world's largest image of our Milky Way galaxy, taken by NASA's Spi... read more |
ssc2009-21 11.23.09 Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown DwarfNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has contributed to the discovery of the youngest brown dwarf ever observed -- a findin... read more |
ssc2009-20 11.10.09 NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of AstronomyA never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way galaxy is being unveiled by NASA today. This event w... read more |
ssc2009-19 10.06.09 NASA Space Telescope Discovers Largest Ring Around SaturnNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn â by far the largest of the giant plan... read more |
ssc2009-18 09.23.09 NASA's Spitzer Spots Clump of Swirling Planetary MaterialAstronomers have witnessed odd behavior around a young star. Something, perhaps another star or a planet, appears to ... read more |
ssc2009-17 08.12.09 Space Telescopes Find Trigger-Happy Star FormationA new study from two of NASA's Great Observatories provides fresh insight into how some stars are born, along with a ... read more |
ssc2009-16 08.10.09 Planet Smash-Up Sends Vaporized Rock, Hot Lava FlyingNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found evidence of a high-speed collision between two burgeoning planets around a y... read more |
ssc2009-15 08.05.09 NASA's Spitzer Sees the Cosmos Through 'Warm' Infrared EyesNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is starting a second career and taking its first shots of the cosmos since warming up. read more |
ssc2009-14 07.23.09 NASA's Spitzer Images Out-of-this-World GalaxyNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has imaged a wild creature of the dark â a coiled galaxy with an eye-like object at ... read more |
ssc2009-13 06.10.09 Baby Stars Finally Found in Jumbled Galactic CenterAstronomers have at last uncovered newborn stars at the frenzied center of our Milky Way galaxy. The discovery was ma... read more |
ssc2009-12 05.15.09 NASA's Spitzer Begins Warm MissionAfter more than five-and-a-half years of probing the cool cosmos, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has run out of the c... read more |
ssc2009-11 05.13.09 Spitzer Catches Star Cooking Up Comet CrystalsScientists have long wondered how tiny silicate crystals, which need sizzling high temperatures to form, have found t... read more |
ssc2009-10 05.06.09 NASA's Spitzer Telescope Warms up to New CareerThe primary mission of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is about to end after more than five and a half years of probin... read more |
ssc2009-09 04.07.09 Cool Stars Have Different Mix of Life-Forming ChemicalsLife on Earth is thought to have arisen from a hot soup of chemicals. Does this same soup exist on planets around oth... read more |
ssc2009-08 04.03.09 M33: A Close Neighbor Reveals its True Size and SplendorThis new image of the Triangulum galaxy is being released as part of the 'Around the World in 80 Telescopes' event fo... read more |
ssc2009-07 04.02.09 NASA Joins 'Around the World in 80 Telescopes'A collection of NASA missions will be involved in a live event Friday, April 3, that will allow the public to get an ... read more |
ssc2009-06 03.16.09 Hearts of Galaxies Close in for Cosmic Train WreckA new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a rare view of an imminent collision between the cores of two ... read more |
ssc2009-05 03.03.09 Mission Status Report Spitzer Space TelescopeNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has resumed normal operations after entering standby mode on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, at... read more |
ssc2009-04 02.25.09 NASA Announces 2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics FellowsNASA has selected fellows in three areas of astronomy and astrophysics for its Einstein, Hubble and Sagan Fellowships... read more |
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 |
ssc2008-10 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 |
ssc2008-11 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 |
ssc2008-09 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 |
ssc2008-05 02.17.08 Many, Perhaps Most, Nearby Sun-Like Stars May Form Rocky PlanetsAstronomers have discovered that terrestrial planets might form around many, if not most, of the nearby sun-like star... read more |
