Hidden Universe: NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
This video series (formatted for standard definition) showcases some of the most exciting discoveries in infrared astronomy from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
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Special: M51 & Gizmo
What makes the Earth livable? In this animated cartoon, innocent ...
What makes the Earth livable? In this animated cartoon, innocent alien M51 moves the Earth into a closer orbit around the sun, and learns an important lesson about life in the Universe.
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Galactic Center (Gallery Explorer)
The fantastic structures at the center of our Milky Way ...
The fantastic structures at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, hidden from us in visible light, are revealed through infrared imagery.
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Andromeda, Beauty and the Beast (Showcase)
In Greek Mythology, the Princess Andromeda was sacrificed to appease ...
In Greek Mythology, the Princess Andromeda was sacrificed to appease a sea monster's appetite. But astronomers are learning that the Andromeda Galaxy is less the spiral beauty and more the voracious beast.
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Large Magellanic Cloud (Gallery Explorer)
The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that orbits the ...
The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that orbits the Milky Way, is revealed in exquisite detail in this video from the Spitzer Space Telescope.
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Pillars of Destruction
They're known as the Pillars of Creation, but according to ...
They're known as the Pillars of Creation, but according to recent Spitzer observations these ghostly apparitions have already met their own destruction!
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Seeing the First Light
Astronomers peering deeply into the cosmos think they have found ...
Astronomers peering deeply into the cosmos think they have found something remarkable... the light from the first objects to form after the universe was born!
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Night and Day on an Alien World
It's as clear as day and night... but on an ...
It's as clear as day and night... but on an exotic alien world! Astronomers have for the first time measured the temperatures varying across the surface of a planet beyond our solar system.
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A Stellar Census of the Sword of Orion
New images of the Orion Nebula show thousands of nascent ...
New images of the Orion Nebula show thousands of nascent solar systems.
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Exposing the Exploding Cigar Galaxy
M82 has been called an exploding galaxy, and three of ...
M82 has been called an exploding galaxy, and three of NASA's Great Observatories have teamed up to show it like it's never been seen before.
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Planetary Life After Death
Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, astronomers have found ...
Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, astronomers have found that a whole new solar system may be forming in the wake of a star's violent death.
