ssc2007-08b 04.18.07 Every Rose Has a Thorn: Planetary Danger ZonesThis infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Rosette nebula, a pretty star-forming region more t... view image |
sig07-005 04.17.07 Spitzer Digs Up Hidden Stars in a Dark Molecular CloudTwo rambunctious young stars are destroying their natal dust cloud with powerful jets of radiation, in an infrared co... view image |
ssc2007-07b 04.12.07 Pink PleiadesThe Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades, seem to float on a bed of feathers in a new infrared image from NASA's... view image |
ssc2007-07a 04.12.07 The Seven Sisters Pose for SpitzerThe Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades, seem to float on a bed of feathers in a new infrared image from NASA's... view image |
ssc2007-03a 02.12.07 Comets Kick Up Dust in Helix NebulaThis infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Helix nebula, a cosmic starlet often photographed b... view image |
ssc2007-01c3 01.09.07 Infrared View of the Eagle NebulaThis infrared view of the Eagle Nebula contrasts the hot dust of a supernova with cooler regions of star formation. view image |
ssc2007-01d 01.09.07 Unwrapping the PillarsThis image composite highlights the pillars of the Eagle nebula, as seen in infrared light by NASA's Spitzer Space Te... view image |
ssc2007-01a 01.09.07 Cosmic Epic Unfolds in Infrared: The Eagle NebulaThis majestic view taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells an untold story of life and death in the Eagle nebul... view image |
ssc2007-01c 01.09.07 Eagle Nebula Flaunts Its Infrared FeathersThis set of images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Eagle nebula in different hues of infrared light. Ea... view image |
sig06-029 11.30.06 Red Giant Plunging Through SpaceThis image from the Spitzer Space Telescope (left panel) shows the "bow shock" of a dying star named R Hydrae (R Hya)... view image |
sig06-026 10.24.06 Seeing Stars in SerpensInfant stars are glowing gloriously in this infrared image of the Serpens star-forming region, captured by NASA's Spi... view image |
sig06-023 10.03.06 A Star's Close EncounterThe potential planet-forming disk (or "protoplanetary disk") of a sun-like star is being violently ripped away by the... view image |
sig06-018 06.08.06 Supernova Dust Factory in M74Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have spotted a "dust factory" thirty million light-years away in the... view image |
ssc2006-10a 04.05.06 Circle of AshesThis plot tells astronomers that a pulsar, the remnant of a stellar explosion, is surrounded by a disk of its own ash... view image |
ssc2006-05a 02.08.06 Little Dust Grains in Giant Stellar DisksThis graph of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the composition of a monstrous disk of what may be plane... view image |
ssc2006-04a 01.11.06 Evidence for Comets Found in Dead StarThis graph of data, or spectrum, from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope indicates that a dead star, or white dwarf, call... view image |
ssc2006-03a 01.09.06 A Hidden, Massive Star Cluster Awash with Red SupergiantsThe sky is a jewelry box full of sparkling stars in these infrared images. The crown jewels are 14 massive stars on t... view image |
sig05-028 12.22.05 Stellar Snowflake ClusterNewborn stars, hidden behind thick dust, are revealed in this image of a section of the Christmas Tree Cluster from N... view image |
ssc2005-26a 12.20.05 Life's Starting Materials Found in Dusty DiskThis graph, or spectrum, from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells astronomers that some of the most basic ingredient... view image |
sig05-026 12.14.05 The Invisible DiskAstronomers can detect the presence of disks of dust orbiting distant stars by measuring how the combined light from ... view image |
sig05-024 12.12.05 New Star Cluster Discovered in the InfraredUsing an automated computer method to sift through data collected by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers on t... view image |
sig05-023 12.12.05 Star Clusters Found in the MIlky WayA metropolis of stellar activity is captured in these Spitzer infrared images taken by the Galactic Legacy Infrared M... view image |
ssc2005-21a 10.20.05 Planet Clumps and Crystals Around Brown DwarfsThis graph of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the spectra (middle four lines) of dusty disks around fo... view image |
ssc2005-12a 05.30.05 All Pillars Point To EtaThis false-color image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the "South Pillar" region of the star-forming re... view image |
ssc2005-10a 04.20.05 Super-Comet or Big Asteroid BeltThis graph of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope demonstrates that the dust around a nearby star called HD 6983... view image |
ssc2005-09a 03.22.05 The Language of Planetary LightThis graph of data from NASA's Spitzer Space telescope shows changes in the infrared light output of two star-planet ... view image |
sig06-004 03.15.05 Double Helix NebulaThe double helix nebula as revelaed in the infrared by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The spots are infrared-luminou... view image |
ssc2005-02b4 01.12.05 Spitzer/IRAC Image of the Trifid NebulaThis image shows a close-up infrared view from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope of the glowing Trifid Nebula, a giant s... view image |
ssc2005-01a 01.10.05 Tiny Particles, So Far AwayNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope recently captured these images of the star Vega, located 25 light years away in the co... view image |
ssc2004-22b 12.09.04 Planets Point to DustThis graph of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope indicates that stars with known planets (blue) are more likely... view image |
ssc2004-22c 12.09.04 Is There Anybody Home?NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope recently captured these infrared images of six older stars with known planets. The yel... view image |
ssc2004-22d 12.09.04 Debris Disks Around Sun-Like Stars AU Microscopii and HD 107146Debris disks are shown here around two stars, one a small red dwarf, the other like our sun but much younger. view image |
ssc2004-20c 11.09.04 Spitzer Spectrum of Ices in a Protoplanetary DiscAstronomers have made the first clear detection of a variety of ices -- water, ammonium, and carbon dioxide -- in the... view image |
ssc2004-20a 11.09.04 The Starless Core that Isn'tThe "Cores to Disks" Spitzer Legacy team is using the two infrared cameras on NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to searc... view image |
sig08-015 10.25.04 Massive Young Stars Trigger Stellar BirthRCW 108 is a region where stars are actively forming within the Milky Way galaxy about 4,000 light years from Earth. ... view image |
ssc2004-17b 10.18.04 Spitzer Detects Surprisingly Large Rings of DustThis graph shows the extent of planetary debris discs around nearby stars of various ages, as measured by NASA's Spit... view image |
ssc2004-16b 10.12.04 Galactic Fossil Found Behind Curtain of DustThis image mosaic shows the same patch of sky in various wavelengths of light. While the visible-light image (left) s... view image |
ssc2004-16a 10.12.04 Spitzer Digs Up Galactic FossilThis infrared image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a globular cluster previously hidden in the dusty p... view image |
ssc2004-15b 10.06.04 Kepler's Supernova Remnant: Views from Chandra, Hubble and SpitzerThese images represent views of Kepler's supernova remnant taken in X-rays, visible light, and infrared radiation. Th... view image |
ssc2004-15c 10.06.04 Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)Johannes Kepler documented the explosion of a supernova in 1604, which was the last such event observed in our Milky ... view image |
ssc2004-15a 10.06.04 NASA's Great Observatories Provide a Detailed View of Kepler's Supernova RemnantNASA's three Great Observatories -- the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Chandra X-ray Ob... view image |
ssc2005-06a 07.02.04 Planetary Building Blocks Found in Surprising PlaceThis graph of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows that an extraordinarily low-mass brown dwarf, or "failed... view image |
ssc2004-10a 06.01.04 Infrared Detective to the RescueIn a collaborative effort between NASA's three Great Observatories, astronomers have solved a cosmic mystery by ident... view image |
ssc2004-10c 06.01.04 Hidden Black HolesAstronomers have probed the deep sky with NASA's three Great Observatories for hidden black holes and come to the con... view image |
ssc2004-08b 05.27.04 Spitzer Spectra of Protoplanetary DisksUsing sensitive instruments onboard NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists have seen the first building blocks of... view image |
ssc2004-08c 05.27.04 Spectra Show Protoplanetary Disk StructuresHow can you tell if a star has a protoplanetary disk around it, when the disk is too small to image directly? Using t... view image |
ssc2004-06b 04.13.04 Star Formation in the DR21 RegionHidden behind a shroud of dust in the constellation Cygnus is a stellar nursery called DR21, which is giving birth to... view image |
ssc2005-02b 03.31.04 Stellar 'Incubators' Seen Cooking up StarsThis image composite compares visible-light views with an infrared view from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope of the gl... view image |
ssc2004-02a 02.12.04 Rosebud of a Reflection NebulaA cluster of newborn stars herald their birth in this interstellar Valentine's Day commemorative picture obtained wit... view image |
ssc2003-06g 12.18.03 Embedded Outflow in HH 46/47NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has lifted the cosmic veil to see an otherwise hidden newborn star, while detecting th... view image |
ssc2003-06i 12.18.03 Fomalhaut Circumstellar DiskThe NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has obtained the first infrared images of the dust disc surrounding Fomalhaut, the 1... view image |
ssc2003-06f 12.18.03 Embedded Outflow in HH 46/47This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope transforms a dark cloud into a silky translucent veil, revealing the m... view image |
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