Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have developed a new theory explaining the…
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.
This newly released Spitzer image shows the supernova in galaxy M82, the closest supernova of…
This newly released Spitzer image shows runaway star Kappa Cassiopeiae, a hot supergiant moving at…
Astronomers have discovered an unexpected chemical change in the transition zone between the infalling envelope…
Using the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, astronomers discovered one of the most distant galaxies…
Using infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers created a new false-color image…
Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that many brown dwarfs have turbulent weather…
Using the Spitzer Space Telescope, a new study measures the physical properties of NEO 2009BD.…
By using the distribution of young massive stars to probe the structure of the Milky…
By observing the last major growth spurt of galaxy clusters, which happened billions of years…
Using data from Chandra, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, and ground-based facilities, scientists have created new…
New detailed radio data has revealed that what scientists thought was spiral galaxy UGC 10288…
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, a newly…
Three newly released images from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope show the remains of dying stars…
NASA researchers are teaming up in the new collaborative program called The Frontier Fields to…
Astronomers used data from NASA’s Spitzer and Kepler space telescopes to produce a very low-resolution…
This short narrative looks back on how NASA engineers revamped the Spitzer Space Telescope to…
Data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope helped astronomers discover that the large asteroid called Don…