JPL engineer Robert Peters is responsible for the testing and development of an advanced instrument that will one day help scientists analyze the atmospheres of distant planets for signs of life.
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Eli Dwek of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. and Richard Arendt of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, say these echoes are powered by radiation from Cassiopeia A supernova shock wave that blew the star apart some 11,000 years ago.
Galaxy Evolution Explorer
Uses ultraviolet wavelengths to measure the history of star formation 80 percent of the way back to the Big Bang.
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Keck Interferometer
Links two 10-meter (33-foot) telescopes, which form the world's most powerful optical telescope system.
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Palomar Observatory
A joint effort between JPL and the California Institute of Technology, the Palomar Observatory houses a collection of famous telescopes.
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Spitzer Space Telescope
Uses infrared technology to study celestial objects that are too cool, too dust-enshrouded or too far away to otherwise be seen.
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Ulysses
Orbits sun around the north and south poles.
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Voyager to the Outer Planets
Voyager 1 and 2 flew past Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 2 also flew by Uranus and Neptune. Voyager 1 is now approaching interstellar space.
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Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
This camera, designed and built at JPL, served as the main camera capturing pictures on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. It still takes images of planets, stars and galaxies.
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Spitzer Finds Dust Around Primitive Star
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has observed dust forming around a dying star in a nearby galaxy, enlivening a debate about the origins of all cosmic dust.
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Latest Astronomy Conference Update: Balloon Mission
News from the 213th meeting of the American Astronomical Society on Long Beach, Calif.
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Hubble Finds Stars That 'Go Ballistic'
JPLer Raghvendra Sahai and colleagues found several runaway stars, racing through space like bullets.
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2009 - International Year of Astronomy
To celebrate this stargazing year, amateur astronomers around the world are going to encourage their communities to look to the stars. |
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New Worlds
Infrared Astronomy is responsible for some of the most revealing and interesting views of the Universe to date. |
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What's Up for September
Step away from the city lights and gaze up at our Milky Way galaxy. You may even see one of the galaxy's spiral arms with your own eyes! |
Cornell news release