ssc2007-16a 10.09.07 Dust in the Wind of Quasar PG2112+059An Infrared spectrum taken by Spitzer shows dust in the wind of a distant quasar. Where did all this dust come from ... view image |
ssc2007-14a 08.29.07 Spitzer Sees Water Loud and Clear in a Young Solar SystemThis plot of infrared data, called a spectrum, shows the strong signature of water vapor deep within the core of an e... view image |
ssc2007-12a 07.11.07 Exoplanet Forecast: Hot and WetThis plot of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells astronomers that a toasty gas exoplanet, or a planet beyo... view image |
ssc2007-04a 02.21.07 Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds: Atmosphere of Planet HD209458bThis infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope called a spectrum tells astronomers that a distant gas plane... view image |
ssc2007-04c 02.21.07 Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds: An Exoplanet AtmosphereThis infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope called a spectrum tells astronomers that a distant gas plane... view image |
ssc2007-04b 02.21.07 Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds: an Exoplanet AtmosphereThis infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope called a spectrum tells astronomers that a distant gas plane... view image |
ssc2006-18a 10.12.06 The Light and Dark Sides of a Distant PlanetThe top graph consists of infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. It tells astronomers that a distant plan... 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 |
ssc2006-06a 02.15.06 Crystal Storm in Distant GalaxyThis graph of infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells astronomers that a distant galaxy called IRAS 0... 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 |
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 |
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 |
ssc2005-18a 09.07.05 Tempel 1's Secret Ingredients RevealedThis graph shows the two spectra acquired by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope before (middle) and after (bottom) it obs... view image |
ssc2005-15a 07.28.05 Charting Ingredients for LifeThis graph, or spectrum, charts light from a faraway galaxy located 10 billion light years from Earth. It tracks mid-... 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 |
ssc2005-08a 03.01.05 Fingerprints in the LightThis graph, or spectrum, shows the light from a dusty, distant galaxy located 11 billion light-years away. The galaxy... 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 |
ssc2004-20c 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 |
ssc2004-17b 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 |
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 |
ssc2004-08b 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 |
ssc2004-05e 03.15.04 Sedna's Night Sky LocationThis shows where the newly discovered planet-like body, dubbed "Sedna," would lie in the evening skies at around 8:00... view image |
ssc2003-06h 12.18.03 Galaxy IRAS F00183-7111NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected the building blocks of life in the distant universe, albeit in a violent ... 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 |
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