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sig14-003 02.20.14 The Shocking Behavior of a Speedy StarThe antics of a speeding star are on display in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. view image |
sig13-016 11.11.13 Bubbly Newborn StarCombined observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the newly completed Atacama Large Millimeter/submillime... view image |
ssc2011-04a 04.04.11 Undercover Jet ExposedThis image layout shows two views of the same baby star -- at left is a visible-light image, and at right is an infra... view image |
ssc2011-01a 01.12.11 Standard Candle in the WindThis image layout illustrates how NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope was able to show that astandard candle" used to meas... view image |
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 |
sig10-013 07.28.10 Bright Lights, Green CityTwo extremely bright stars illuminate a greenish mist in this and other images from the new GLIMPSE360 survey. view image |
sig10-014 07.28.10 A Shocking OutflowThis image shows an outflow of gas from a new star as it jets from a space object dubbed IRAS 21078+5211, among other... 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 |
sig08-012 09.18.08 HH 221: Laser-Sharp Jet Splits WaterA jet of gas firing out of a very young star can be seen ramming into a wall of material in this infrared image from ... view image |
ssc2008-08a 05.28.08 Ghostly Ring Around a MagnetarThis image shows a ghostly ring extending seven light-years across around the corpse of a massive star. The collapsed... view image |
ssc2007-19a 11.29.07 Spinning Top StarA rare, infrared view of a developing star and its flaring jets taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope (right) shows... view image |
sig07-022 11.08.07 Bubbly Little Star: HH 46/47A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a baby star 1,140 light-years away from Earth blowing two massi... 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 |
ssc2007-03a 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 |
ssc2004-22d 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 |
ssc2004-22c 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 |
ssc2004-06b 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 |
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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