Spitzer
Astronomers Image the Atmosphere of a Red Dwarf Planet for the First Time. Spoiler Alert, it’s a Terrible Place to Live
Using data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of astronomers was able to study the surface of an exoplanet…
Planet With Lava Oceans Also has an Atmosphere, Says New Study
A new study by scientists at NASA JPL has revealed that 55 Cancri e is not a lava planet after…
Stunning View of the Crab Nebula Just Got Five Times Better
Images of the Crab Nebula are always a treat because it has such intriguing and varied structure. Also, just knowing…
Alien Planet’s Clear Weather Could Show Way To ‘Super-Earth’ Atmospheres
In an encouraging find for habitability researchers, astronomers have detected molecules on the smallest planet ever -- a Neptune-sized planet…
Threatened Spitzer Telescope Gets NASA Nod For Extension, Subject To Congress Funding
After NASA recommended in May that Spitzer space telescope officials send in a revised budget or face possible termination of…
Too WISE to be Fooled by Dust: Over 300 New Star Clusters Discovered
Brazilian astronomers have discovered some 300+ star clusters that were largely overlooked owing to sizable obscuration by dust. The astronomers, from the Universidade…
These Ultra-Black ‘Cosmic Clumps’ Will Give Birth To Powerful Stars
When gas and dust squeeze tightly enough together in space, no light can get through and the place is black…
Supernova Sweeps Away Rubbish In New Composite Image
Shining 24,000 light-years from Earth is an expanding leftover of a supernova that is doing a great cleanup job in…
360 Degrees of Milky Way at Your Fingertips
Touring the Milky Way's a blast with this brand new 360-degree interactive panorama. More than 2 million infrared photos taken…
Runaway Star Shocks the Galaxy!
That might seem like a sensational headline worthy of a supermarket tabloid but, taken in context, it's exactly what's happening…