Nasa Spitzer Science Center News http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news_category/-?format=xml http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/spitzer_icon.png?1274224175 NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" planet beyond our solar system for the first time. While the planet is not habitable, the detection is a historic step toward the eventual search for signs of life on other planets. News Release http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1419-ssc2012-07-NASA-s-Spitzer-Sees-The-Light-of-Alien-Super-Earth- ssc2012-07 Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 While some galaxies are rotund and others are slender disks like our spiral Milky Way, new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show that the Sombrero galaxy is both. News Release http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1412-ssc2012-06-NASA-S-Spitzer-Finds-Galaxy-with-Split-Personality ssc2012-06 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics From Partners http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1409-partner079-1000-Days-of-Infrared-Wonders partner079 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 NASA is extending three missions affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. -- Kepler, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the U.S. portion of the European Space Agency's Planck mission -- as a result of the 2012 Senior Review of Astrophysics Missions. News Release http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1401-ssc2012-05-NASA-Extends-Spitzer-Planck-Kepler-Missions- ssc2012-05 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Supernova explosions and the jets of a monstrous black hole are scattering a galaxy's star-making gas like a cosmic leaf blower, a new study finds. The findings, which relied on ultraviolet observations from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer and a host of other instruments, fill an important gap in the current understanding of galactic evolution. From Partners http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1398-partner078-Cosmic-Leaf-Blower-Robs-Galaxy-of-Star-Making-Fuel partner078 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 A newly processed collection of infrared observations of more that 200 galaxies, based on data available from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope archive, are being released to the science community. Dr. George Bendo of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics will highlight the new imagery at the National Astronomy Meeting in Manchester from 27-30 March. From Partners http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1390-partner077-A-New-Release-of-Infrared-Galaxy-Data partner077 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Volunteers are helping astronomers find star-blown bubbles throughout our Milky Way galaxy. Feature Article http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1386-feature12-03-Citizen-Scientists-Reveal-a-Bubbly-Milky-Way feature12-03 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Astronomers have spotted young stars in the Orion nebula changing right before their eyes, thanks to the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The colorful specks -- developing stars strung across this image -- are rapidly heating up and cooling down, speaking to the turbulent, rough-and-tumble process of reaching full stellar adulthood. News Release http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1383-ssc2012-04-Young-Stars-Flicker-Amidst-Clouds-of-Gas-and-Dust ssc2012-04 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Astronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time, discovered buckyballs in a solid form in space. Prior to this discovery, the microscopic carbon spheres had been found only in gas form in the cosmos. News Release http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1374-ssc2012-03-NASA-s-Spitzer-Finds-Solid-Buckyballs-in-Space ssc2012-03 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 They say there is no place like home. For Caltech's George Helou, the essence of that phrase carries over to the recognition of his accomplishments. This past year, he has received numerous honors from Lebanon, his country of origin, including his election to the Lebanese Academy of Sciences. The tributes bestowed by the Mediterranean nation cite Helou's distinguished career in astronomy in the United States and Europe. Feature Article http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1364-feature12-02-Astronomical-Success-Caltech-s-George-Helou-Honored-by-Home-Country-of-Lebanon- feature12-02 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Imagine you are a high school student walking into your science class in September and you learn that your teacher is doing research with NASA and you can actually participate This experience is occurring in schools around the US as more and more teachers become part of the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program. 2012 marks the program's 8th year. Feature Article http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1359-feature12-01-Teacher-Program-Brings-NASA-Research-to-High-Schools-Middle-Schools-Museums feature12-01 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 The stars we see today weren't always as serene as they appear, floating alone in the dark of night. Most stars, likely including our own sun, grew up in cosmic turmoil, as illustrated in this new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. News Release http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1350-ssc2012-02-Before-They-Were-Stars-New-Image-Shows-Space-Nursery ssc2012-02 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 The cold dust that builds blazing stars is revealed in new images that combine observations from the Herschel Space Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope. The new images map the dust in the galaxies known as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two of the closest neighbors to our own Milky Way galaxy. News Release http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1348-ssc2012-01-Herschel-and-Spitzer-See-Nearby-Galaxies-Stardust ssc2012-01 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 A remote, blob-shaped galaxy has been found bursting with stars by NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes. News Release http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1344-ssc2011-10-NASA-Telescopes-Help-Find-Rare-Galaxy-at-Dawn-of-Time- ssc2011-10 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 In the distant reaches of the universe, almost 13 billion light-years from Earth, a strange species of galaxy lay hidden. Cloaked in dust and dimmed by the intervening distance, even the Hubble Space Telescope couldn't spy it. It took the revealing power of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to uncover not one, but four remarkably red galaxies. From Partners http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1341-partner076-Strange-New-Species-of-Ultra-Red-Galaxy-Discovered partner076 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 The Shape of the Universe is an exhibition of deep space photography, curated by artist David Em. The exhibition features recent images captured by NASA's Hubble, Spitzer, and Chandra space telescopes, as well as several ground-based astronomical telescopes. The Shape of the Universe is hosted at the Art Gallery, Pasadena City College, with a free opening reception on Wednesday, November 30, 6-9pm PST. Gallery admission, reception and related events are all free of charge and open to the public. From Partners http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1334-partner075-The-Shape-of-the-Universe-Recent-Deep-Space-Photography- partner075 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Like the Milky Way, Messier 83 is classified as a barred spiral galaxy due to the bar-like pattern of stars that run through its center. Feature Article http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1331-feature11-13-Doubling-Up-on-the-Southern-Pinwheel-Galaxy feature11-13 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 The Tarantula nebula can be seen here in a web of dust and multimillion-degree gas. Feature Article http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1328-feature11-12-The-Tarantula-Glows-with-X-rays-and-Infrared-Light feature11-12 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 A mystery that began nearly 2,000 years ago, when Chinese astronomers witnessed what would turn out to be an exploding star in the sky, has been solved. News Release http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1324-ssc2011-09-NASA-Telescopes-Help-Solve-Ancient-Supernova-Mystery ssc2011-09 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected signs of icy bodies raining down in an alien solar system. News Release http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1319-ssc2011-08-NASA-s-Spitzer-Detects-Comet-Storm-in-Nearby-Solar-System ssc2011-08 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000