Using the Spitzer Space Telescope to monitor the variability of light from 882 previously identified…
Browsing: Spitzer Space Telescope
The Spitzer Space Telescope was a pioneering observatory launched by NASA in 2003 to explore the universe in infrared light. By detecting heat emissions rather than visible light, Spitzer unveiled hidden structures in galaxies, revealed the birthplaces of stars and planets, and provided new views of distant exoplanets and cosmic dust. Operating far beyond the capabilities of ground-based telescopes, it offered critical insights into phenomena that are otherwise obscured by interstellar clouds. Even after its mission ended in 2020, Spitzer’s discoveries continue to shape our understanding of the cosmos and inform new generations of astronomical research.
Astronomers from the University of Arizona have discovered two dust belts surrounded by a large…
A newly released image from the Spitzer Space Telescope shows galaxy NGC 1291, which is…
Data from the Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed a huge amount of fresh dust around…
By combining observations from several telescopes, astronomers have viewed a massive galaxy in its core…
This composite image shows the remnant of a supernova that would have been witnessed on…
Scientists have made the most precise measurement ever of the radius of a planet outside…
This new composite image of NGC 4258 shows X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in…
Using infrared data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have measured the size of an…
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers examined a rare example of Type Ia…
This new image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the Two Micron All Sky Survey…
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered cosmic clumps within a huge…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics use Spitzer observations to study the massive star-forming…
This new composite image of Centaurus A was created with X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra…
NASA’s WISE and Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered the coldest known brown dwarf, which is…
Amateur astronomers and astrophotographers have combined their optical data with the data from some of…
This newly released image combines X-ray coverage from ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory with an infrared…
Using more than 2 million infrared snapshots taken over the past 10 years by NASA’s…