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ssc2010-09a 10.27.10 Extragalactic Space BallsFor the first time, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected little spheres of carbon, called buckyballs, in a gal... view image |
sig10-011 07.14.10 A Massive Star and Its CradleThis star-forming region is dominated by the bright, young star IRAS 13481-6124 (upper left), which is about twenty t... view image |
sig10-006 05.20.10 Blobs House Twin StarsNew evidence from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is showing that tight-knit twin stars might be triggered to form by ... view image |
sig09-008 11.04.09 A Picture of Unsettled Planetary YouthNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured this infrared image of a giant halo of very fine dust around the young star H... view image |
sig08-017 12.16.08 Devastated Stellar NeighborhoodThis image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the nasty effects of living near a group of massive stars: radia... 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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