![]() 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 |
![]() ssc2004-22c 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 |
![]() ssc2004-20a 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 |
![]() ssc2004-16b 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 |
![]() ssc2004-15c 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 |
![]() ssc2004-15b 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 |
![]() ssc2004-15a 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() ssc2004-06b 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 |
![]() ssc2003-06i 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 |