Spitzer
Would Life Form Differently Around Cool Stars?
[/caption] "Life as we know it" seems to be the common caveat in our search for other living things in…
New Image Reveals M33 is Bigger Than Thought (and it’s Headed Our Way)
[/caption] NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured this new image…
The Two Shall Become One (Galaxy, that is)
[/caption] An imminent collision of biblical proportions has been captured by the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes. The image here…
Stars at Milky Way Core ‘Exhale’ Carbon, Oxygen
[/caption] Carbon and oxygen have been spotted in the dust around stars in the center of the Milky Way galaxy, suggesting that…
Hubble, Spitzer Collaborate for Stunning Panorama of Galactic Center
[/caption] Two of the biggest space telescopes have combined forces to create a HUGE panorama of the center of the…
Powerful Rivers of Gas Imaged Around Star-Forming Swan Nebula
[/caption] The turbulent and dynamic Swan Nebula (M17) has been imaged by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, producing the clearest view…
An Inside Look at Comet Holmes
The astronomy world buzzed in the Fall of 2007 when Comet Holmes – a normally humdrum, run-of-the-mill comet -- unexpectedly…
Star Blasting Water From Its Surroundings
[/caption] The Spitzer Space Telescope has spied water in a cloud of gas and dust around a nascent star. That's…
Spitzer Takes Family Portrait of Stars Amid Another “Celestal Geode”
[/caption] A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals generations of stars amid a cavity carved from a colorful…
No Life Possible at Edges of the Pinwheel Galaxy
[/caption] Another beautiful image from the Spitzer Space Telescope; in this case, it’s Messier 101, more commonly known as the…