Snowflake Cluster (Gallery Explorer)
A group of baby stars form a "stellar snowflake" in Spitzer's observations of a dusty region near the Cone Nebula.
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![]() 02.22.18 Homes Away From Home? Revisiting the Seven Planets of TRAPPIST-1One year ago, astronomers announced the discovery that seven roughly Earth-sized worlds orbited around the nearby sta... |
![]() 08.17.17 Brown Dwarf Weather AnnotatedThis artist's concept animation shows a brown dwarf with bands of clouds, thought to resemble those seen on Neptune a... |
![]() 05.03.17 5000 Days in the Life of an Astronomy RobotMay 3rd, 2017 marks the 5,000th day of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope mission. This video gives us a detailed look at... |
![]() 08.26.16 Spitzer BeyondNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, which launched Aug. 25, 2003, will begin an extended mission—the “Beyond” phase—on Oc... |
![]() 03.28.16 The Wild Temperature Swings of an ExoplanetThe exoplanet HD80606 b spends most of its time far from its star, but every 111 days it swings in feverishly close. ... |
![]() 03.20.14 Catching a GLIMPSE of the Milky WayWelcome home! This is our Milky Way galaxy as you’ve never seen it before. Ten years in the making, this is the clear... |
![]() 08.23.13 10 Years of InnovationOn August 25, 2003, NASA launched the Spitzer Space Telescope to reveal secrets of the infrared universe. |
![]() 08.07.12 Possible Nearby Exoplanet Smaller than Earth (Update)Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is an alien world just two-thirds th... |
![]() 05.21.12 Cygnus X Marks the Spot (Gallery Explorer)Over the last half century this Cygnus X has been yielding its secrets to the scrutiny of infrared observations. NASA... |
![]() 08.23.11 The Galactic Center Revisited (Gallery Explorer)Hiding behind the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius is the center of our own Milky Way galaxy, over 25,000 ligh... |
![]() 02.10.11 The North America Nebula (Gallery Explorer)Seen here in visible light, the North America Nebula strangely resembles its namesake continent. Expanding our view t... |
![]() 12.23.10 The Art of ExoplanetsWhile astronomers have identified over 500 planets around other stars, they’re all too small and distant to fill even... |
![]() 10.07.10 The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (Special)Today's telescopes study the sky across the electromagnetic spectrum. Each part of the spectrum tells us different th... |
![]() 07.09.10 The Dragon and the Swan (Gallery Explorer)Hidden behind a dark veil of dust in the constellation Sagittarius, a lurking dragon has been revealed by the infrare... |
![]() 06.01.10 When Worlds Collide (Showcase)When worlds collide, the result is spectacular, and astronomers think they’ve detected the aftermath of such an event... |
![]() 03.19.10 The Wise Sky (Gallery Explorer)In December of 2009, NASA launched its latest infrared telescope, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. This satel... |
![]() 02.05.10 The Many Views of the Milky Way (Gallery Explorer)In May of 2009, the European Space Agency successfully launched the Herschel Space Observatory, a new eye for the inf... |
![]() 11.25.09 The One Ring of Saturn (Showcase)Astronomers have found One Ring to rule them all, not in the land of Mordor, but around Saturn, the Lord of the Rings... |
![]() 09.03.09 Cooking Up Cometary Crystals (Showcase)The fading light of a flaring young star has shed light on a puzzle involving crystals and comets. |
![]() 06.18.09 Orion Nebula (Gallery Explorer)Explore the dusty secrets of the Orion Nebula through Spitzer's infrared vision. |
![]() 04.08.09 A Galaxy of a Different Color (Showcase)To commemorate this International Year of Astronomy, three of NASA's flagship observatories have put a new spin on ho... |
![]() 02.02.09 The Omega Nebula (Gallery Explorer)The Omega Nebula, or M17, is a star-forming region in the constellation of Sagittarius and is about 6,000 light years... |
![]() 12.26.08 The W5 Stellar Blast Furnace (Showcase)It's a chaotic region, sculpted by the glare of one generation of massive stars that's giving rise to the next. |
![]() 10.30.08 The Milky Way Big Picture (Showcase)Two and a half billion infrared pixels are exposing our own Galaxy in this new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telesc... |
![]() 08.12.08 Snowflake Cluster (Gallery Explorer)A group of baby stars form a "stellar snowflake" in Spitzer's observations of a dusty region near the Cone Nebula. |
![]() 06.13.08 Echoes of a Supernova (Showcase)A supernova flash echoing through surrounding dust clouds has given astronomers a virtual time machine for studying t... |
![]() 04.15.08 Protostellar Jets (Gallery Explorer)Giant jets from baby stars blow colorful bubbles in interstellar space. Spitzer's infrared view reveals these structu... |
![]() 04.04.08 Promo: IRrelevant AstronomyIRrelevant Astronomy takes a lighthearted, comedic look at the infrared Universe. Enjoy this peek at the Spitzer Spac... |
![]() 02.13.08 Rho Ophiuchi Cloud (Gallery Explorer)One of the most striking nearby star-forming regions is the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud. New images from Spitzer reveal its in... |
![]() 12.22.07 The X-Planets (Showcase)These two extreme planets have set the records for the hottest and windiest known worlds anywhere. |
![]() 11.30.07 Galaxies (Gallery Explorer)Galaxies take on striking new colors and structures when viewed by the infrared eye of the Spitzer Space Telescope. |
![]() 10.30.07 Trilogy of Terror (Showcase)For Halloween, a trilogy of spooky star-forming regions tell a haunting tale of the lives and deaths of stars. |
![]() 10.02.07 Mira, A Real Shooting Star (Showcase)The star Mira has kept a stunning secret that scientists have only just discovered in the glow of ultraviolet light. |
![]() 09.05.07 Helix Nebula (Gallery Explorer)The eerie Helix nebula, created from the outer layers of a dying star once like our own, reveals secrets to the Spitz... |
![]() 07.20.07 Eta Carinae (Gallery Explorer)The beautiful Carina nebula, stretching 200 light years across space, has been shredded by ultraviolet radiation and ... |
![]() 06.28.07 Special: M51 & GizmoWhat makes the Earth livable? In this animated cartoon, innocent alien M51 moves the Earth into a closer orbit around... |
![]() 05.30.07 Galactic Center (Gallery Explorer)The fantastic structures at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, hidden from us in visible light, are revealed through... |
![]() 05.14.07 Andromeda, Beauty and the Beast (Showcase)In Greek Mythology, the Princess Andromeda was sacrificed to appease a sea monster's appetite. But astronomers are le... |
![]() 05.02.07 Large Magellanic Cloud (Gallery Explorer)The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that orbits the Milky Way, is revealed in exquisite detail in this video f... |
![]() 01.30.07 Pillars of DestructionThey're known as the Pillars of Creation, but according to recent Spitzer observations these ghostly apparitions have... |