Posts Tagged ‘Spitzer Space Telescope’
Growing, glowing spider
11 November 2011
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Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/L.Townsley et al.; Infrared: NASA/JPL/PSU/L.Townsley et al.
A glowing spider is grows inside this massive star-forming region known as the Tarantula Nebula.
New face of a supernova
27 October 2011
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/B. Williams (NCSU)
The outline of a face show the remains of the oldest documented supernova in this infrared image of RCW 86 from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
Starry Garden of Petals and Waves
06 October 2011
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Allen (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) and the IRAC GTO Team
A starry garden full of dusty petals and waves of gas fill this image of the Coronet Cluster from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
Infrared Sunflowers
22 September 2011
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SINGS Team
Glowing dust lanes of this spiral galaxy resemble a sunflower in an image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
Cool Cosmic Shades
07 September 2011
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
With sparkling stars for gems, Messier 78 glows like a pair of cool cosmic shades in this image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
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