Mission News
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Astronomers Do It Again: Find Organic Molecules Around Gas Planet
Peering far beyond our solar system, NASA researchers have detected the basic chemistry for life in a second hot gas planet, advancing astronomers toward the goal of being able to characterize planets where life could exist.
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Spitzer Discovers Largest Ring Around Saturn
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn -- by far the largest of the giant planet's many rings.
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Spitzer Spots Clump Of Swirling Planetary Material
Astronomers have witnessed odd behavior around a young star. Something, perhaps another star or a planet, appears to be pushing a clump of planet-forming material around.
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.