NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, one of the agency's original four "Great Observatories," will execute a final set of commands Thursday, quietly shutting down and putting itself to sleep after more ...
For 16 years, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has trailed Earth’s orbit, sending back remarkable data about distant galaxies and alien worlds. Sadly, the time has come for the telescope to hang up its ...
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope was launched in 2003 on a mission to spend five years exploring the cosmos in infrared light. That means it excels at capturing images and chemical signatures of warm ...
Its mission was only supposed to last two and a half years, but more than 16 years after launch, NASA's Spitzer telescope has shown us cosmic objects almost to the edge of the universe. Launched in ...
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has concluded after more than 16 years of exploring the universe in infrared light. NASA/JPL-Caltech After a 16 years of collecting images of our galaxy and beyond, NASA ...
Artist’s concept of the Spitzer Space Telescope seen against the infrared sky. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt WASHINGTON — NASA will turn off an aging infrared space telescope in a week, citing the ...
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On Thursday, NASA’s Spitzer space telescope signed off and went silent. But even during its final week of operation, the spacecraft was making one-of-a-kind observations. The telescope, the size of a ...
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has a habit of providing us with some downright gorgeous views of deep space, but its latest snapshot might actually be its best yet. The image, which NASA is showcasing ...
After staring past the dusty veils of the cosmos for 16 years, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope will shut its proverbial eyes Thursday after mission officials at Jet Propulsion Laboratory send the ...
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Why NASA shut down a $1B telescope despite stunning images
NASA’s decision to shut down a $1 billion infrared space telescope, even as it continued to send back spectacular images, was ...
Every dot of light in this image represents its own galaxy, courtesy of NASA's Spitzer space telescope. By taking infrared observations, Spitzer can see through the light-blocking dust that would ...
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