Spitzer

New Research Suggests Fomalhaut b May Not Be a Planet After All

[/caption] When the Hubble Space Telescope photographed the apparent exoplanet Fomalhaut b in 2008, it was regarded as the first…

12 years ago

Citizen Scientist Project Finds Thousands of ‘Star Bubbles’

[/caption] Remember when you were a kid and blowing bubbles was such great fun? Well, stars kind of do that…

12 years ago

Space Telescopes Provide New Look at 2,000 Year Old Supernova

[/caption] What caused a huge explosion nearly 2,000 years ago, seen by early Chinese astronomers? Scientists have long known that…

12 years ago

Failed Star Is One Cool Companion

[/caption] Astronomers have located a planet-like star that's barely warmer than a balmy summer day on Earth... it's literally the…

12 years ago

Ancient Galaxies Fed On Gas, Not Collisions

[/caption]The traditional picture of galaxy growth is not pretty. In fact, it's a kind of cosmic cannibalism: two galaxies are…

13 years ago

Kepler Team Announces New Rocky Planet

  [/caption] Today at the American Astronomical Society conference in Boston, the Kepler team announced the confirmation of a new…

13 years ago

Spitzer Captures a Pink Sunflower in Space

[/caption] Looking out my own window this morning provides a gloomy overcast view, so this new image from the Spitzer…

13 years ago

Astronomy Cast Ep. 207: Lyman Spitzer

Time for another action-packed double episode of Astronomy Cast. This week we focus on the Lyman Spitzer, a theoretical physicist…

13 years ago

Near Earth Asteroids Vary Widely in Composition, Origin

[/caption] From the Spitzer website: New research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals that asteroids somewhat near Earth, termed near-Earth…

14 years ago

Big or Small, All Stars Form the Same Way

[/caption] How do massive stars form? This has been one of the more hotly debated questions in astronomy. Do big…

14 years ago