Spitzer Space Telescope
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Spitzer - One of NASA's most powerful space telescopes goes into dark after 16-year career
Science | Jan 31, 2020, 07:42 AM ISTSpitzer, 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 | Jan 29, 2020, 01:23 PM ISTThe 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
Jun 14, 2019, 09:29 AM ISTThe 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
Aug 28, 2018, 01:14 PM ISTLaunched 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 | Jul 12, 2013, 04:46 PM ISTWashington, 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