spitzer space telescope

A familiar atmosphere with a few alien quirks.

It's surprisingly lacking in heavy elements

Don't call it 'Arrakis'

Supersonic jets blow gas out of Herbig-Haro 46/47.

Today in pretty space pics: Using the Spitzer Space Telescope’s knack for infrared imagery, astronomers have snapped an image of...

A pair of new comet studies from two space telescopes show how other planets might grow oceans. For the first...

The center of the Milky Way is hard to see in visible light, because interstellar dust blocks our view. But...

We talked to the Spitzer Space Telescope's visualization team about the challenges and rewards of rendering the mission's reams of non-visual data into something that catches the public eye. Plus: a gallery of their all-time favorite works

The space discoveries are piling up this week. Next up: Astronomers working with NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered buckyballs...

A Chicago planetarium unveiled the 120-feet-long picture of our home galaxy this week