Spitzer Space Telescope

Artwork (not to scale) depicting the binary black hole in the heart of the blazar OJ 287. The less massive black hole plunges through the accretion disk around the more massive black hole, creating a huge bubble of superheated gas. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltec
A huge black hole eats a huger black hole's dinner then explodes with the light of a trillion suns
Phil Plait
May 11, 2020
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Good night, Spitzer Space Telescope
Phil Plait
Jan 31, 2020
Artwork of Spitzer Space Telescope against a background of the sky seen in infrared. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
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A little red and green for the holiday: RCW 120, a huge shell of gas from a runaway star
Phil Plait
Dec 26, 2019
The huge shell of gas and dust that make up RCW 120, seen here in the far infrared by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GLIMPSE-MIPSGAL Teams
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M81: Spiraling dusty galactic heat
Phil Plait
Oct 18, 2019
The nearby spiral galaxy M81 seen in three infrared colors by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Solving the riddle of the edge-on galaxy NGC 5866
Phil Plait
Aug 12, 2019
A deep image of NGC 5866 reveals huge streams of stars looping around it; clear evidence of a recent galactic collision. Credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
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Westerhout 40: A waist of space
Phil Plait
Jun 21, 2019
The star-forming nebula Westerhout 40, as seen in the far-infrared by Spitzer Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Space Jello spotted by Hubble is jiggling around the cosmos
Elizabeth Rayne
May 1, 2019
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Four different - and spectacular - views into a stellar nursery
Phil Plait
Apr 1, 2019
In infrared light seen by Spitzer Space Telescope, NGC 1333 shows copious young stars scattered throughout its gas. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. A. Gutermuth (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)
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An ancient fading ghost of a massive star haunts the night
Phil Plait
Sep 12, 2018
The supernova remnant HBH 3 can be seen as wispy red tendrils in this Spitzer Space Telescope image. The other objects are star forming regions. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPAC
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NASA’s rad new space selfie and up-close exoplanet apps celebrate the Spitzer Space Telescope’s 15th anniversary
Elizabeth Rayne
Aug 26, 2018
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Putting the spin on a rogue planet
Phil Plait
Jan 15, 2018
Artist’s conception of the free-floating planet PSO J318. Credit: MPIA/V. Ch. Quetz
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O, Christmas Tree Cluster
Phil Plait
Dec 18, 2017
Part of NGC 2264, a cluster of young, hot stars that happens to make an outline of a Christmas tree as seen from Earth. Credit: ESO
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Saturate yourself in Milky Way stars with this stunning Spitzer Space Telescope video
Jeff Spry
Jul 13, 2015
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