Understanding the evolution of galaxies is one of the biggest questions confronting astronomers today. Looking at distant astronomical objects gives scientists important clues to the origins of the ...

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NASA says goodbye to Spitzer: See the telescope's most astounding images NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has been unraveling the mysteries of the cosmos since its launch on Aug. 25, 2003. Spitzer's ...

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is even more breathtaking when seen as a composite made of data from three space-based instruments sensitive to different wavelengths. NASA / CXC / UMass / D. Wand ...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS This infrared image captured by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, released this week by NASA, shows colossal pillars of cool gas and dust that provide scientists with an intimate ...

Dr. Giovanni Fazio, from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory discusses the Spitzer Space Telescope. Launched on 25 August 2003, the telescope is producing an exciting new view of the Universe ...

Previous Spitzer studies have indicated the formation of complex molecules in the Helix Nebula.

It has a gleaming eye at the center and what looks like a gaping jaw poised to chomp. The image from NASA's Spitzer Telescope is of NGC 1097, a swirly galaxy with a bright object at its center. The ...