With End in Sight, Spitzer Space Telescope Releases Glorious Nebula Images. News. ... The Spitzer Space Telescope, which has been at work since 2003, sees the universe in infrared light.

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope launched in 2003 on a mission to study the universe in the infrared. Its mission will come to an end on Jan. 30, 2020, after 16 years of amazing images and ...

Sept. 30 (UPI) --New images captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope suggest parts of the Milky Way are bubbling over, like a pot of boiling water. The bubbles reveal the region's intense rate of ...

This Spitzer Space Telescope captured this view of the California Nebula just five days before the end of its mission on Jan. 30, 2020. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Palomar Digitized Sky Survey ...

NASA’s powerful Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope combined to captured stunning images of the Orion Nebula. The nebula, which is a massive mixture of various gases and heated ...

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has produced yet another stunning new infrared image —- this time of the Tarantula Nebula, located some 160,000 light years away inside the Large Magellanic Cloud.

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, retired at the start of the year, has produced one final image showing the California Nebula, located 1,000 light-years away. Skip to main content Menu ...

The North America nebula NASA/JPL-Caltech. The Spitzer Telescope launched 16 years ago, in August 2003. To celebrate its sweet 16, NASA has shared 16 of the most beautiful space images captured by ...

Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Povich, Penn State Univ. The Spitzer Space Telescope was launched in 2003. NASA hoped the mission could extend beyond five years, but in May 2009, the onboard supply of ...

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope was able to capture a stunning photo of a colorful nebula that resembles a pinkish paw of a cat. According to the agency, the colors in the nebula were caused by the ...

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope fired back one last gorgeous photo before it died. The telescope was decommissioned in January after serving over 16 long years in space.