Spitzer

Tarantula Nebula Is Growing!

Don't like spiders? Well, here's one that will grow on you! Located about 160,000 light years in the web of…

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[/caption] Astronomers have located a planet-like star that's barely warmer than a balmy summer day on Earth... it's literally the…

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[/caption] Planetary scientists have not been able to agree that a turbulent period in our solar system’s history called the…

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[/caption] When it comes to my job, I see a lot of astrophotography. I've contemplated innumerable nebulae, viewed myriad galaxies…

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[/caption] Writing a dictionary is not the same as writing a novel. While it might seem difficult to mess up…

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[/caption]What would you say if I told you there are stars with a temperature close to that of a human…

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[/caption] And just where have your buckyballs been lately? More technically known as fullerenes, this magnetic form of carbon shows…

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[/caption] Look, he's crawling up my wall... Black and hairy, very small... Now he's up above my head... Hanging by…

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[/caption] Using the Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of astronomers from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) have made a…

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[/caption]The traditional picture of galaxy growth is not pretty. In fact, it's a kind of cosmic cannibalism: two galaxies are…

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