NASA's new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas planet, demonstrating the telescope's extraordinary scientific capabilities. › Read More
NASA's new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas planet, demonstrating the telescope's extraordinary scientific capabilities. › Read More
New images taken with two of Spitzer's infrared detector channels -- two that work at the new, warmer temperature -- demonstrate the observatory remains a powerful tool for probing the dusty universe. › Read More
Looking almost 11 billion years into the past, astronomers have clocked stars in a very distant galaxy at speeds upwards of one million miles per hour, about twice the speed of our Sun through the Milky Way. › Read More