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Find us on: Home Images Astronomical Artwork Spectra & Graph Photographs All Images Image Gallery Documentation Image Use Policy Video & Audio Science Animations Hidden Universe IRrelevant Astronomy Ask an Astronomer Audio Podcasts El Universo Escondido Observatory Animations All Videos All Audio News Media Information From Partners News Release Feature Article Collection All News Explore Spitzer Team Blog Posters Models Screensavers PS3 Themes Wallpapers Zoomables The Mission Where Is Spitzer Now? Lyman Spitzer Jr. Technology History Mission Overview Science Days since launch: 5993 Kilometers from earth: 264,871,078 More about The Mission Check Current Status Featured Images 10-23-2018 The Cat's Paw Nebula MIPS & IRAC 08-09-2018 Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121b 08-02-2018 Spitzer Spies Supernova Remnant HBH3 06-15-2018 A Tidal Disruption Event in Arp299B 02-05-2018 Illustration of TRAPPIST-1 Planets as of Feb. 2018 01-31-2018 Arp 142: The Penguin and the Egg 01-22-2018 "Wrong-way" Winds on CoRoT-2b 11-01-2017 Polluted White Dwarf 10-11-2017 Giant Exoplanet and Debris Disk 01.15.20 NASA Pays Tribute, Says Goodbye to One of Agency’s Great Observatories 01.07.20 NASA Planet Hunter Finds Earth-Size Habitable-Zone World 12.19.19 Spitzer Studies a Stellar Playground With a Long History 10.23.18 The Cat's Paw Nebula IRAC News 1 2 3 Featured Image Interactive Spitzer Video Showcase NASA will host a live program at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 22, to celebrate the far-reaching legacy of the agency’s Spitzer Space Telescope – a mission that, after 16 years of amazing discoveries, soon will come to an end. Continue reading + view story imagery NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star's habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the presence of liquid water on the surface. Scientists confirmed the find, called TOI 700 d, using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and have modeled the planet's potential environments to help inform future observations. Continue reading + view story imagery This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Perseus Molecular Cloud, a massive collection of gas and dust that stretches over 500 light-years across. Home to an abundance of young stars, it has drawn the attention of astronomers for decades. Spitzer's Multiband Imaging Photometer instrument took this image during Spitzer's "cold mission," which ran from the spacecraft's launch in 2003 until 2009, when the space telescope exhausted its supply of liquid helium coolant. Continue reading + view story imagery The Cat's Paw Nebula, imaged here by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope using the IRAC instrument, is a star-forming region inside the Milky Way Galaxy. The dark filament running through the middle of the nebula is a particularly dense region of gas and dust. Continue reading image details Explore Spitzer's imagery in the night sky by using the WorldWide Telescope! Visit the WWT Homepage Take a tour through the Milky Way galaxy courtesy of GLIMPSE360 Explore Glimpse 360 Become a "citizen scientist" and help astronomers learn more about our galaxy. Join the Milky Way Project Now Playing Spitzer Final Voyage - 360 Experience 12.17.19 Spitzer Final Voyage - 360 Experience 08.19.19 Dark World Animation 08.19.19 Dark World Animation Annotated 06.04.19 Spitzer Final Voyage 05.31.19 Stars of Cepheus as Seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope 08.22.18 NASA's Exoplanet Excursions 360 All Video Spitzer Team Blog Rime of the Ancient Astronomer: Dr. Deborah Levine Waxes Poetic With a Spitzer Tale in Verse 01.14.20 Posted by Deborah Levine I leapt from "Superfriend" to Ph.D., then learned Science Operations in Spain, on ISO. 'Til George and SIRTF lured me back to apply the knowledge I had gained ... Continue reading All blog posts Related Sites Learn About Infrared Cool Cosmos Explore Astronomical Images AstroPix: Share the Universe Infrared Science Resources For Researchers: Spitzer Science Center IPAC Sites En Espanol Sitio de Spitzer en Espanol Recent News January 15 NASA Pays Tribute, Says Goodbye to One of Agency’s Great Observatories January 7 NASA Planet Hunter Finds Earth-Size Habitable-Zone World December 19 Spitzer Studies a Stellar Playground With a Long History October 30 Spitzer Telescope Spots a Ghoulish Gourd September 30 Spitzer Spots a Starry Region Bursting With Bubbles August 27 Sixteen Images for Spitzer's Sweet 16 Feedback • Mailing List • Privacy Policy • Image Use Policy • Credits • Legacy Site The Spitzer Space Telescope is a NASA mission managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This website is maintained by the Spitzer Science Center, located at IPAC on the campus of the California Institute of Technology....