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... |
11.04.09 Unsettled Youth: Spitzer Observes a Chaotic Planetary SystemBefore our planets found their way to the stable orbits they circle in today, they wiggled and jostled about like unsettled... |
10.30.09 Spitzer Space Telescope Mission StatusOn Friday, Oct. 23, engineers with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope successfully swapped the spacecraft from the main nitrogen... |
10.23.09 Universal OriginsFour hundred years ago when Galileo turned his tiny telescope to the night sky our view of the Universe changed forever... |
10.20.09 Astronomers Do It Again: Find Organic Molecules Around Gas PlanetPeering far beyond our solar system, NASA researchers have detected the basic chemistry for life in a second hot gas planet... |
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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... |
09.01.09 Station FireSmoke and flames from the Station Fire are visible from the Spitzer Science Center, located on the campus of the California... |
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. |
07.27.09 Warmed Up and Ready to GoNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has put its infrared eyes back on the sky to observe the cold and dusty universe. |
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... |
07.10.09 Spitzer Status UpdateTesting and characterization activities continue for NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope warm mission, a process that began... |
06.29.09 Frank Low, Pioneer of Infrared Astronomy, 1933-2009On June 11th, Dr. Frank Low, one of the people responsible for the rise of infrared astronomy, died in Tucson. He was... |
06.23.09 Spitzer Status UpdateEngineers and scientists are continuing with testing and characterization activities for the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope... |
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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... |
06.09.09 SNR 0104-72.3: Supernova Remnant is an Unusual SuspectThe Chandra X-ray Observatory Center |
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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October 27 Showcase: Cooking Up Cometary Crystals |
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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 |
