NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spent 15 years in space. In honor of this anniversary, 15 of Spitzer's greatest discoveries are featured in a gallery.
Astronomy
Aug 27, 2018
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These six infrared images of Saturn's moon Titan represent some of the clearest, most seamless-looking global views of the icy moon's surface produced so far. The views were created using 13 years of data acquired by the ...
Space Exploration
Jul 23, 2018
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft reached its lowest-ever and final orbit around dwarf planet Ceres on June 6 and has been returning thousands of stunning images and other data.
Space Exploration
Jul 2, 2018
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A Yale-led research group has created the most detailed maps yet of a vast seedbed of stars similar to Earth's Sun.
Astronomy
May 16, 2018
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A new algorithm makes interpreting the results of cryo-electron microscopy maps easier and more accurate, helping researchers to determine protein structures and potentially create drugs that block their functions.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 26, 2018
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With the help of airborne laser mapping technology, a team of archaeologists, led by University of Arizona professor Takeshi Inomata, is exploring on a larger scale than ever before the history and spread of settlement at ...
Archaeology
Feb 21, 2018
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A map showing paths taken by users of an exercise tracking app reveals potentially sensitive information about American and allied military personnel in places including Iraq and Syria.
Security
Jan 29, 2018
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Today, astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) announced new measurements of the masses of a large sample of supermassive black holes far beyond the local Universe.
Astronomy
Jan 10, 2018
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A team of astronomers from Maryland, Hawaii, Israel, and France has produced the most detailed map ever of the orbits of galaxies in our extended local neighborhood, showing the past motions of almost 1400 galaxies within ...
Astronomy
Dec 8, 2017
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An Australian scientist has created the most detailed map ever of clouds of high-velocity gas in the universe around us.
Astronomy
Dec 4, 2017
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