ssc2006-06 02.15.06 NASA's Spitzer Finds Violent Galaxies Smothered in 'Crushed Glass'NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a rare population of colliding galaxies whose entangled hearts are wrappe... read more |
ssc2006-05 02.08.06 NASA's Spitzer Uncovers Hints of Mega Solar SystemsNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has identified two huge "hypergiant" stars circled by monstrous disks of what might be... read more |
ssc2006-04 01.11.06 NASA's Spitzer Finds Possible Comet Dust Around Dead StarNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted what may be comet dust sprinkled around the white dwarf star G29-38, which... read more |
ssc2006-02 01.10.06 Spitzer Captures Our Galaxy's Bustling CenterA new infrared mosaic from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a stunning view of the stellar hustle and bustle tha... read more |
ssc2006-03 01.09.06 Mystery Solved: High-Energy Fireworks Linked to Massive Star ClusterCall it the Bermuda Triangle of our Milky Way Galaxy: a tiny patch of sky that has been known for years to be the sou... read more |
ssc2006-01 01.09.06 Spitzer Puts a New Spin on the Helix NebulaThe Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) is a challenging stargazing target for amateur astronomers. It is one of the closest plan... read more |
ssc2005-26 12.20.05 Partial Ingredients for DNA and Protein Found Around StarNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered some of life's most basic ingredients in the dust swirling around a you... read more |
ssc2005-25 12.05.05 Learn About Spitzer and Its Cosmically Infrared WorldNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is bringing new light -- infrared light -- to the study of our dark and mysterious uni... read more |
ssc2005-24 11.15.05 Beautiful Chaos of Star BirthLocated 1,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Perseus, a reflection nebula called NGC 1333 epitomizes the... read more |
ssc2005-23 11.09.05 Spitzer Captures Cosmic Mountains of CreationA new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals billowing mountains of dust ablaze with the fires of stellar ... read more |
ssc2005-22 11.02.05 Scientists See Light that May Be from First Objects in UniverseScientists using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope say they have detected light that may be from the earliest objects in... read more |
ssc2005-21 10.20.05 NASA's Spitzer Finds Failed Stars May Succeed in Planet BusinessNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted the very beginnings of what might become planets around the puniest of cel... read more |
ssc2005-20 10.13.05 Lady in Red: Andromeda Galaxy Shines in Spitzer's EyesNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured a stunning infrared view of Messier 31, the famous spiral galaxy also kno... read more |
ssc2005-19 09.27.05 NASA Finds 'Big Baby' Galaxies in Newborn UniverseTwo of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, have teamed up to "weigh" the stars in se... read more |
ssc2005-18 09.07.05 NASA's Spitzer and Deep Impact Build Recipe for Comet SoupWhen Deep Impact smashed into comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005, it released the ingredients of our solar system's primo... read more |
ssc2005-17 08.03.05 NASA's Spitzer Finds Hidden, Hungry Black HolesMost of the biggest black holes in the universe have been eating cosmic meals behind closed doors -- until now. read more |
ssc2005-15 07.28.05 Spitzer Finds Life Components in Young UniverseNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found the ingredients for life all the way back to a time when the universe was a ... read more |
ssc2005-14 06.09.05 NASA's Spitzer Captures Echo of Dead Star's RumblingsAn enormous light echo etched in the sky by a fitful dead star was spotted by the infrared eyes of NASA's Spitzer Spa... read more |
ssc2005-13 06.02.05 NASA's Space Eyes Focus on Deep Impact TargetOn July 4, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will attempt an extraordinarily daring encounter with the far-flung comet Te... read more |
ssc2005-12 05.30.05 Spitzer Captures Fruits of Massive Stars' LaborsThe saga of how a few monstrous stars spawned a diverse community of additional stars is told in a new image from NAS... read more |
ssc2005-11 05.04.05 Hats Off to Space Day from NASA's Spitzer Space TelescopeNASA salutes Space Day, observed this year on May 5, with a new dramatic image of the Sombrero galaxy. Space Day, he... read more |
ssc2005-10 04.20.05 NASA's Spitzer Telescope Sees Signs of Alien Asteroid BeltNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted what may be the dusty spray of asteroids banging together in a belt that o... read more |
ssc2005-09 03.22.05 NASA's Spitzer Marks Beginning of New Age of Planetary ScienceNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has for the first time captured the light from two known planets orbiting stars other ... read more |
ssc2005-08 03.01.05 NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Exposes Dusty Galactic HideoutsHow do you hide something as big and bright as a galaxy? You smother it in cosmic dust. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescop... read more |
ssc2005-07 02.11.05 NASA and the Universe Send a Celestial ValentineThe candles are lit, the champagne is on ice. All you need now are flowers and a ring. This Valentine's Day, NASA's... read more |
ssc2005-06 02.07.05 Astronomers Discover Beginnings of 'Mini' Solar SystemMoons circle planets, and planets circle stars. Now, astronomers have learned that planets may also circle celestial ... read more |
ssc2005-02 01.12.05 Spitzer Finds Stellar 'Incubators' with Massive Star EmbryosNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has uncovered a hatchery for massive stars. read more |
ssc2005-03 01.11.05 New Clues Found in Ongoing Mystery of Giant Galactic BlobsAstronomers have numerous technical terms and numbering systems for describing the universe, but one type of mysterio... read more |
ssc2005-04 01.11.05 Spitzer Space Telescope Reads Solar System's 'Rosetta Stone'When our solar system was young, its biggest babies â Jupiter and Saturn â threw tantrums by the trillion. The hu... read more |
ssc2005-01 01.10.05 Spitzer Sees Dusty Aftermath of Pluto-Sized CollisionAstronomers say a dusty disk swirling around the nearby star Vega is bigger than earlier thought. It was probably cau... read more |
ssc2004-22 12.09.04 Spitzer and Hubble Capture Evolving Planetary SystemsTwo of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, have provided astronom... read more |
ssc2004-20 11.09.04 Spitzer Sees Ice and Warm Glows in Dark and Dusty PlacesTwo new results from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope released today are helping astronomers better understand how star... read more |
ssc2004-19 11.05.04 First Peek at Spitzer's Legacy: Mysterious Whirlpool GalaxyThe astronomical community has received a new gift -- bundles of spruced up data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.... read more |
ssc2004-18 10.28.04 'Galactic Ghoul' Rears Its Spooky HeadA "monster" lurking behind a blanket of cosmic dust is unveiled in this new Halloween image from NASA's Spitzer Space... read more |
ssc2004-17 10.18.04 Astronomers Discover Planet Building Is Big MessPlanets are built over a long period of massive collisions between rocky bodies as big as mountain ranges, astronomer... read more |
ssc2004-16 10.12.04 Newfound Star Cluster May Be Final Milky Way 'Fossil'Just when astronomers thought they might have dug up the last of our galaxy's "fossils," they've discovered a new one... read more |
ssc2004-15 10.06.04 Great Observatories May Unravel 400-Year-Old Supernova MysteryFour hundred years ago, sky watchers, including the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler, best known as the discoverer o... read more |
ssc2004-14 09.07.04 Spitzer Arrives at Scene of Galactic CollisionNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has set its infrared sight on a major galactic collision and witnessed not death, but ... read more |
ssc2004-13 08.09.04 Dying Star Goes Out With a RingA new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the shimmering embers of a dying star, and in their midst a mys... read more |
ssc2004-12 06.28.04 Seeing Double: Spitzer Captures Our Galaxy's TwinWhat would our Milky Way galaxy look like if we could travel outside it and snap a picture? It might look a lot like ... read more |
