Spitzer Space Telescope

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• California Institute of Technology
• Vision for Space Exploration

Latest News: Spitzer Sees Shining Stellar Sphere

Millions of clustered stars glisten like an iridescent opal in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. more...

What's Happening: The Second Stellar Baby Boom

When it comes to giving birth, galaxies don't seem to have a "ticking biological clock." In fact, observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show that old galaxies were the biggest producers of new stars when our universe was half of its current age of 13.6 billion years. more...

From RAS: Two Supernova Factories Found in the Milky Way

The discovery of two "supernova factories", rare clusters of Red Supergiant (RSG) stars, located in the Galactic Bar of the Milky Way will be presented at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Belfast on Tuesday 1st April. more...

You can always know what's new on the Spitzer site with our XML RSS Feed, and you can now receive Spitzer news directly by joining our mailing list. Never miss another update! Learn more...

To jump to another site, click on its icon above.

The Spitzer Space Telescope is a NASA mission managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This website is maintained by the Spitzer Science Center, located on the campus of the California Institute of Technology and part of NASA's Infrared Processing and Analysis Center.