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  Spitzer - One of NASA's most powerful space telescopes goes into dark after 16-year career

  Science | January 31, 2020 7:42 IST

  Spitzer, which was sent into orbit and began astronomical observations in 2003, is one of the powerful telescopes exploring things beyond the range of the human eye, examining electromagnetic radiation of various wavelengths, just like the Hubble, Compton and Chandra telescopes do.

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  Spitzer -- one of NASA's four great observatories set to retire on January 30

  Science | January 29, 2020 13:23 IST

  The Tarantula Nebula was one of the first targets studied by Spitzer after it was launched in 2003. In 2019, scientists used Spitzer to study 1987A to monitor the changing brightness of the expanding shockwave and debris to learn more about how these explosions change their surrounding environment.   

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  NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to switch off in 2020

  Science | June 14, 2019 9:29 IST

  The telescope had revealed the presence of seven rocky planets around the TRAPPIST-1 star in 2017. 

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  NASA's Spitzer telescope completes 15 years in space

  Science | August 28, 2018 13:14 IST

  Launched into solar orbit on August 25, 2003, Spitzer was initially scheduled for a minimum 2.5-year primary mission. But the space telescope has lasted far beyond its expected lifetime, the US space agency said in a statement.

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  NASA finds blue planet where it rains glass

  World | July 12, 2013 16:46 IST

  Washington, July 12: In the planet, daytime temperature is nearly 1,093°C and it rains glass — sideways — in 7,242 kmph winds; discovery marks the first time an exoplanet's true colour has been determinedNASA scientists