11.10.09 NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of AstronomyA never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way galaxy is being unveiled by NASA today. This event will... |
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10.06.09 NASA Space Telescope Discovers Largest Ring Around SaturnNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn — by far the largest of the giant planet... |
09.23.09 NASA's Spitzer Spots Clump of Swirling Planetary MaterialAstronomers have witnessed odd behavior around a young star. Something, perhaps another star or a planet, appears to be... |
08.12.09 Space Telescopes Find Trigger-Happy Star FormationA new study from two of NASA's Great Observatories provides fresh insight into how some stars are born, along with a beautiful... |
08.10.09 Planet Smash-Up Sends Vaporized Rock, Hot Lava FlyingNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found evidence of a high-speed collision between two burgeoning planets around a young... |
08.05.09 NASA's Spitzer Sees the Cosmos Through 'Warm' Infrared EyesNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is starting a second career and taking its first shots of the cosmos since warming up. |
07.23.09 NASA's Spitzer Images Out-of-this-World GalaxyNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has imaged a wild creature of the dark — a coiled galaxy with an eye-like object at its... |
06.10.09 Baby Stars Finally Found in Jumbled Galactic CenterAstronomers have at last uncovered newborn stars at the frenzied center of our Milky Way galaxy. The discovery was made... |
05.15.09 NASA's Spitzer Begins Warm MissionAfter more than five-and-a-half years of probing the cool cosmos, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has run out of the coolant... |
05.13.09 Spitzer Catches Star Cooking Up Comet CrystalsScientists have long wondered how tiny silicate crystals, which need sizzling high temperatures to form, have found their... |
05.06.09 NASA's Spitzer Telescope Warms up to New CareerThe primary mission of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is about to end after more than five and a half years of probing... |
04.07.09 Cool Stars Have Different Mix of Life-Forming ChemicalsLife on Earth is thought to have arisen from a hot soup of chemicals. Does this same soup exist on planets around other... |
04.03.09 M33: A Close Neighbor Reveals its True Size and SplendorThis new image of the Triangulum galaxy is being released as part of the 'Around the World in 80 Telescopes' event for... |
04.02.09 NASA Joins 'Around the World in 80 Telescopes'A collection of NASA missions will be involved in a live event Friday, April 3, that will allow the public to get an inside... |
03.16.09 Hearts of Galaxies Close in for Cosmic Train WreckA new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a rare view of an imminent collision between the cores of two merging... |
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03.03.09 Mission Status Report Spitzer Space TelescopeNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has resumed normal operations after entering standby mode on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, at... |
02.25.09 NASA Announces 2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics FellowsNASA has selected fellows in three areas of astronomy and astrophysics for its Einstein, Hubble and Sagan Fellowships... |
02.10.09 NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of AstronomyGalileo first turned his telescope to the heavens in 1609, marking the dawn of modern astronomy. To commemorate 400 years... |
01.28.09 Astronomers Observe Planet with Wild Temperature SwingsNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a planet that heats up to red-hot temperatures in a matter of hours before... |
Latest Videos
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October 26 Behind the Scenes: When Galaxies Collide |
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October 26 Behind the Scenes: When Galaxies Collide (HD) |
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October 7 Saturn Family Tour |
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September 29 Baby Stars Found Jumbled In Galactic Center |
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October 27 Showcase: Cooking Up Cometary Crystals (HD) |
Latest Images
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November 10 Great Observatories' Unique Views of the Milky Way |
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November 4 A Picture of Unsettled Planetary Youth |
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October 20 Exotic Atmospheres |
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October 6 Artist's Rendering of Saturn's Infrared Ring |
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October 6 The King of Rings |
