Press Release: NASA's Spitzer Telescope Warms up to New Career

The primary mission of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is about to end after more than five and a half years of probing the cosmos with its keen infrared eye. more...

From JPL: Spitzer's Warm Mission

After more than five years, Spitzer is completing its original assignment to study the universe in infrared and is now moving on to a new career. Watch Video

What's Happening: If Spitzer Could Talk: An Interview with NASA's Coolest Space Telescope

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is about to use its last drop of the coolant that has chilled it for the past five-and-a-half years. more...

What's Happening: Streams of Stars Provide "Missing Link" in the Evolution of Galaxy Disks

Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered streams of young stars flowing from their natal cocoons in distant galaxies. more...

What's Happening: Rocky Planets Around 'Dead' Stars

Using the infrared detectors on NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of researchers based in the U.K. and in the United States have placed new constraints on how often rocky planets like Earth may exist around stars other than our Sun. more...