Spitzer space telescope

Today, after 16 years of exemplary service, NASA will officially deactivate the Spitzer Space Telescope. Operating for over a decade beyond its designed service lifetime, the infrared observatory work...

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Stellar Snowflake Cluster - NASA Spitzer Space Telescope

A teacher at FLVS describes her experience doing astronomical research with NITARP NASA and Caltech researchers.

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This infrared portrait of the Small Magellanic Cloud, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, reveals the stars and dust in this galaxy as never seen before. This nearby satellite galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy is some 200,000 light-years away.

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This vibrant image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy.

The Hubble Space Telescope is a telescope that was launched into the Earth's orbit in 1990 and is still operational. It is the most versatile space telescope ever made.

A Merger of Stars Launched 15 years ago the Spitzer Space Telescope has made many discoveries including this detection of the merger of two neutron stars.

The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility or SIRTF) is readied for launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in 2003.

Westerhout 40 or W40 (also designated Sharpless 64, Sh2-64, or RCW 174) is a star-forming region in our galaxy located in the constellation Serpens Cauda

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.

Hubble's iconic images captured the public's imagination. Will NASA's next big space telescope, which sees infrared light, produce astronomy scenes that pack a similar punch?

Calculations by NASA and Harvard say the closest the asteroid will get to Earth is about 2.7 million miles - over 10 times the moon's distance - in April 2047.

Engineers finish assembling the telescope that will succeed Hubble. James Webb, as it is known, is now on track to be launched two years from now.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.

This composite image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the remnant of a star that exploded, called Cassiopeia A (center) and its surrounding 'light echoes' -- dances of light through dusty clouds, created when stars blast apart.