Pictured are spectacular jets powered by the gravitational energy of a supermassive black hole in... read more
Posts Tagged: Spitzer Space Telescope
Astronomers have used Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope to photograph the iconic Horsehead Nebula in a... read more
Scientists have used Chandra to make a detailed study of an enormous cloud of hot... read more
This composite image shows a surprisingly bright superbubble in the star cluster NGC 1929, which... read more
This intriguing view of stellar nursery IC 2944 was released to celebrate 15 years of... read more
Using data from Nasa's Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes, astronomers have created the first cloud... read more
Astronomers have discovered a rare and massive merging of two galaxies and that the gas... read more
This Spitzer image transforms a dark cloud into a silky translucent veil, revealing the stellar... read more
Astronomers using Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is a planet two-thirds... read more
Astronomers have uncovered patterns of light that appear to be from the first stars and... read more