07.27.09 - NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has put its infrared eyes back on the sky to observe the cold and dusty universe.
05.04.09 - NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is about to use its last drop of the coolant that has chilled it for the past five-and-a-half years.
04.30.09 - New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveal how stars are dispersed in spiral galaxies.
04.20.09 - Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers has found that at least one in 100 white dwarf stars shows evidence of orbiting asteroids and rocky planets.
04.08.09 - Jamie Bock of JPL is part of a team that used a balloon-borne experiment called Blast and NASA's Spitzer telescope to hunt for faraway galaxies.
03.12.09 - Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have found evidence suggesting that stars rich in carbon complex molecules may form at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
01.15.09 - NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has observed dust forming around a dying star in a nearby galaxy, enlivening a debate about the origins of all cosmic dust.
01.05.09 - Jupiter gained weight fast as an infant. It had to, since it formed from material that probably disappeared in just a few million years, based on new data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
12.16.08 - Some stars have it tough when it comes to raising planets.
12.03.08 - NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope contributed to this view of the remains of a star whose death was witnessed on Earth centuries ago.
10.13.08 - When comet Holmes unexpectedly erupted in 2007, professional and amateur astronomers around the world turned their telescopes toward the spectacular event.
10.01.08 - Hot spots near the shattered remains of an exploded star are echoing the blast's first moments, say scientists using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
09.18.08 - Water is being blasted to pieces by a young star's laser-like jets, according to new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
05.13.08 - The incredible images from NASA space- and ground-based telescopes are now available to the public through the release of the free WorldWide Telescope software from Microsoft.
02.26.08 - Diamonds may be rare on Earth, but surprisingly common in space -- and the super-sensitive infrared eyes of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope are perfect for scouting them.
02.11.08 - Newborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
01.25.08 - New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggest that galaxies prefer to raise stars in cosmic suburbia rather than in "big cities."
12.17.07 - A powerful jet from a supermassive black hole is blasting another galaxy, according to new results from NASA telescopes, including Spitzer.
11.28.07 - A stellar prodigy has been spotted about 450 light-years away in a system called UX Tau A by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
11.14.07 - Rocky planets might have formed or might still be forming around a star in the Pleiades star cluster, according to evidence from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and a ground-based telescope.
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