Artist’s concept of the Spitzer Space Telescope seen against the infrared sky. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt WASHINGTON — NASA will turn off an aging infrared space telescope in a week, citing the ...

This week, NASA is saying goodbye to one of its most storied and productive telescopes: The Spitzer Space Telescope, launched in 2003 to investigate our universe in the infrared wavelength. As this ...

For 16 years, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has trailed Earth’s orbit, sending back remarkable data about distant galaxies and alien worlds. Sadly, the time has come for the telescope to hang up its ...

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope was launched in 2003 on a mission to spend five years exploring the cosmos in infrared light. That means it excels at capturing images and chemical signatures of warm ...

WASHINGTON — NASA is considering handing over operations of one of its flagship “Great Observatories” to a private organization that would also be responsible for funding the spacecraft. In a request ...

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has concluded after more than 16 years of exploring the universe in infrared light. NASA/JPL-Caltech After a 16 years of collecting images of our galaxy and beyond, NASA ...

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The best infrared eye in the universe has closed, and scientists will need to wait at least a year before any similar instrument is at work again. NASA turned off its Spitzer Space Telescope yesterday ...

NASA is flipping the switch on the Spitzer Space Telescope today. The observatory has made groundbreaking discoveries about the universe since its launch in 2003, from imaging some of the oldest stars ...

WASHINGTON — NASA is considering handing over operations of one of its flagship "Great Observatories" to a private organization that would also be responsible for funding the spacecraft. In a request ...