Mission News
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Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown Dwarf
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has contributed to the discovery of the youngest brown dwarf ever observed -- a finding that, if confirmed, may solve an astronomical mystery about how these cosmic misfits are formed.
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NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of Astronomy
A never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way galaxy is being unveiled by NASA today. This event will commemorate the 400 years since Galileo first turned his telescope to the heavens in 1609.
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Spitzer Observes a Chaotic Planetary System
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a young star with evidence of the same orbital hyperactivity that our planets had before they found their way to the stable orbits they circle in today.
Mission Features
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Spitzer Sees Cosmos Through 'Warm' Infrared Eyes
08.05.09 - NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is starting a second career and taking its first shots of the cosmos since warming up.
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Warmed Up and Ready to Go
07.27.09 - NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has put its infrared eyes back on the sky to observe the cold and dusty universe.
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If Spitzer Could Talk: An Interview with a Telescope
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.