![]() sig14-023 09.09.14 Take a Splash Into the CosmosMillions of galaxies populate the patch of sky known as the COSMOS field, short for Cosmic Evolution Survey, a portio... view image |
![]() ssc2012-14a2 10.24.12 Unmasking a Hidden GlowThis image shows a mysterious, background infrared glow captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. view image |
![]() ssc2012-14a 10.24.12 Unmasking a Hidden GlowResearchers were able to detect this background glow, which spreads across the whole sky, by masking out light from g... view image |
![]() ssc2012-12a 09.19.12 A Glimmer from a Dark Cosmic EraWith the combined power of NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, as well as a cosmic magnification effect, astr... view image |
![]() ssc2012-08a 06.07.12 First Structures in the Distant UniverseAstronomers have uncovered the patterns of light that appear to be from the first stars and galaxies that formed in t... view image |
![]() ssc2011-02a 01.12.11 Galactic City at the Edge of the UniverseThe growing galactic metropolis, named COSMOS-AzTEC3, is the most distant known massive "proto-cluster" of galaxies, ... view image |
![]() sig10-005 05.11.10 Galactic MetropolisIn this recent deep excavation, courtesy of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have unearthed what may be th... view image |
![]() ssc2007-17a 10.25.08 Missing Black Holes Found!Astronomers have unmasked hundreds of black holes hiding deep inside dusty galaxies billions of light-years away. view image |
![]() ssc2007-17b 10.25.07 Stacks of LightThese two images show "stacked" Chandra images for two different classes of distant, massive galaxy detected with Spi... view image |
![]() ssc2007-15a 09.06.07 Hubble and Spitzer Uncover Smallest Galaxy Building BlocksIn this image of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, several objects are identified as the faintest, most compact galaxies e... view image |
![]() sig05-019 10.27.05 A SWIRE Picture is Worth Billions of YearsThese spectacular infrared images, taken by the Spitzer Wide-area Infrared Extragalactic (SWIRE) Legacy project, enca... view image |
![]() ssc2005-19b 09.27.05 Spitzer and Hubble Team up to Find 'Big Baby' Galaxies in the Distant UniverseThis image demonstrates how data from two of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, are... view image |