Aug 15, 2006 | SCIENCE
NASA's Spitzer Digs Up Troves of Possible Solar Systems in Orion
(NASA - JPL) - A new image from Spitzer identifies 2,300 planet-forming disks in the Orion nebula.
Jul 26, 2006 | SCIENCE
Planet-Forming Disks Might Put the Brakes on Stars
(NASA - JPL) - Dusty planet-forming disks may slow down the young, whirling stars that they surround.
Apr 06, 2006 | SCIENCE
Spitzer Finds Hints of Planet Birth around Dead Star
(NASA) - NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has uncovered new evidence that planets might rise up out of a dead star's ashes.
Feb 08, 2006 | SCIENCE
Spitzer Uncovers Hints of Mega Solar Systems
(NASA - JPL) - Spitzer Space Telescope has identified two huge stars circled by disks of what might be planet-forming dust.
Oct 24, 2005 | SCIENCE
NASA's Spitzer Finds Failed Stars May Succeed in Planet Business
(NASA - JPL) - Spitzer has spotted the beginnings of what might become planets around brown dwarfs.
Sep 13, 2005 | SCIENCE
Cultivating a Planetary Garden
(NASA) - New evidence from Spitzer suggests that some gas giants may form in less than one million years.
Sep 10, 2005 | MISSIONS
NASA's Spitzer and Deep Impact Build Recipe for Comet Soup
(NASA - JPL) - Using data from Deep Impact and Spitzer, scientists are beginning to understand the recipe for making planets and comets.
Jul 29, 2005 | SCIENCE
Spitzer Finds Life Components in Young Universe
(NASA - JPL) - Spitzer has detected organic molecules in galaxies when our universe was one-fourth of its current age.
Apr 20, 2005 | MISSIONS
Signs of Alien Asteroid Belt
(NASA) - Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted what may be the dusty spray of asteroids banging together in a belt that orbits a star like our Sun.
Apr 13, 2005 | SCIENCE
Media Teleconference for Significant Spitzer Discovery
(NASA) - Astronomers will announce a significant discovery from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope on Wednesday, April 20.
Mar 22, 2005 | SCIENCE
NASA's Spitzer Marks Beginning of New Age of Planetary Science
(NASA) - NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured the light, for the first time, from two known planets orbiting stars other than our sun.
Mar 22, 2005 | SCIENCE
NASA Changes Spitzer Science Update to Today
(NASA) - Astronomers will announce major findings about planets outside our solar system, known as extrasolar planets, at a NASA Science Update at 3 p.m. EST today.
Mar 18, 2005 | MISSIONS
NASA's Spitzer Telescope Unveils Extrasolar Planet Findings
(NASA) - Astronomers will announce major findings about extrasolar planets on Wednesday, March 23.
Mar 01, 2005 | MISSIONS
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Exposes Dusty Galactic Hideouts
(NASA) - Spitzer Space Telescope uncovered a hidden population of bright galaxies drenched in dust.
Jan 13, 2005 | SCIENCE
Spitzer Sees Dusty Aftermath of Pluto-Sized Collision
(NASA) - Astronomers say a dusty disc swirling around the nearby star Vega was probably caused by collisions of objects perhaps as big as the planet Pluto.
Dec 08, 2004 | MISSIONS
Media Briefing About New Look at Planet Forming
(NASA) - Astronomers will present new findings from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope tomorrow.
Nov 10, 2004 | MISSIONS
Spitzer Sees Ice and Warm Glows in Dark and Dusty Places
(NASA - JPL) - New results from the Spitzer Space Telescope are helping astronomers understand how thick clouds of gas and dust ultimately become planets.
Oct 18, 2004 | SCIENCE
Astronomers Discover Planet Building is Big Mess
(NASA) - Planets are built over a long period of massive collisions between rocky bodies as big as mountain ranges.
Oct 14, 2004 | SCIENCE
Spitzer Uncovers Planets' Violent Past
(NASA) - Astronomers will present new findings about how planets are built during a news briefing on Monday.
May 28, 2004 | TECHNOLOGIES
Raw Ingredients for Life Found in Planetary Construction Zones
(NASA Â JPL) - NASA has announced new findings from the Spitzer Space Telescope.
Dec 22, 2003 | MISSIONS
NASA Releases Images From New Space Telescope
(NASA - JPL) - Today, NASA released the first images from the newly named Spitzer Space Telescope.