All Articles Tagged As: spitzer

Infrared Echoes Give NASA's Spitzer a Supernova Flashback (10/2/2008)

Hot spots near the shattered remains of an exploded star are echoing the blast's first moments ...> Full Article

Spitzer Reveals Stellar 'Family Tree' (8/24/2008)

A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells a tale of life and death, and reveals a rich family history ...> Full Article

Spitzer's Eyes Perfect For Spotting Diamonds In The Sky (3/2/2008)

Diamonds may be rare on Earth, but surprisingly common in space -- and the super-sensitive infrared eyes of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope are perfect for scouting them, say scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. ...> Full Article

Astronomers find one of the youngest and brightest galaxies in the early universe (2/16/2008)

NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, with a boost from a natural "zoom lens," have uncovered what may be one of the youngest and brightest galaxies ever seen in the middle of the cosmic "dark ages," just 700 million years after the beginning of our universe. ...> Full Article

Spitzer Spies Young Stars in their Baby Blanket of Dust (2/12/2008)

Newborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi star-forming region from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. ...> Full Article

Astronomers help locate obscure galaxies (10/12/2007)

Researchers helped to locate what they call the 'Lego building blocks of galaxies.' They did so by looking in a place that other astronomers already had looked, but with fresh eyes. ...> Full Article