items tagged with Spitzer
Spitzer telescope will kick on after coolant runs out
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-06 20:33:23
NASA's Spitzer space telescope has been detecting infrared light from distant objects for over five years. But it has almost run out of the liquid helium which makes that possible by cooling the instruments to within 3 degrees of absolute zero.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-06 20:33:23
NASA's Spitzer space telescope has been detecting infrared light from distant objects for over five years. But it has almost run out of the liquid helium which makes that possible by cooling the instruments to within 3 degrees of absolute zero.
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Black hole inside “death star galaxy” fires on sister galaxy
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-18 08:49:36
According to NASA, a black hole at the center of a large galaxy is assaulting its smaller sister galaxy with a jet full of deadly radiation. The two galaxies, called 3C321, are in orbit about each other.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-18 08:49:36
According to NASA, a black hole at the center of a large galaxy is assaulting its smaller sister galaxy with a jet full of deadly radiation. The two galaxies, called 3C321, are in orbit about each other.
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First direct evidence of early flattening as planets form
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-13 08:58:53
Illinois astronomers used the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope to show that early in the planet-forming phase a spinning cloud of gas and dust flattens as it begins to develop into a planet. This discovery will help astronomers learn more about how our own Sun looked when it was first born.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-13 08:58:53
Illinois astronomers used the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope to show that early in the planet-forming phase a spinning cloud of gas and dust flattens as it begins to develop into a planet. This discovery will help astronomers learn more about how our own Sun looked when it was first born.
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Clear evidence of planet formation found in Pleiades
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-18 09:14:48
The Pleiades (M45) open star cluster, about 400 light-years away from the solar system, has been clearly found to contain activity involving the formation of planets as the result of collisions between planets.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-18 09:14:48
The Pleiades (M45) open star cluster, about 400 light-years away from the solar system, has been clearly found to contain activity involving the formation of planets as the result of collisions between planets.
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Earth- or Mars-like body likely forming in HD 113766 star system
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-04 20:44:25
A planetesimal that could look very closely like Earth or Mars is forming around one of the stars of a binary star system called HD 113766, which is about 424 light-years away from us. It was found with the use of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-04 20:44:25
A planetesimal that could look very closely like Earth or Mars is forming around one of the stars of a binary star system called HD 113766, which is about 424 light-years away from us. It was found with the use of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
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