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Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance Of Saturn's Northern Lights
In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known "northern lights" in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness high above the ringed planet.
Read more (Nov. 24)


Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown Dwarf
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has contributed to the discovery of the youngest brown dwarf ever observed -- a finding that, if confirmed, may solve an astronomical mystery about how these cosmic misfits are formed.
Read more (Nov. 23)


Wise a Bit Closer to the Sky
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, is now perched atop its rocket in preparations for a Dec. 9 liftoff.
Read more (Nov. 23)


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PLANET QUEST Exoplanet Exploration

Earth on Steroids?
Super-Earths may be our best bet for finding life beyond our solar system.
Read more | PlanetQuest web site


SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE

Infrared Echoes Give NASA's Spitzer a Supernova Flashback
Eli Dwek of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. and Richard Arendt of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, say these echoes are powered by radiation from Cassiopeia A supernova shock wave that blew the star apart some 11,000 years ago.
Read more | Spitzer site


 

Astrophysics Missions


Galaxy Evolution Explorer
Uses ultraviolet wavelengths to measure the history of star formation 80 percent of the way back to the Big Bang.
› Mission home page

Keck Interferometer
Links two 10-meter (33-foot) telescopes, which form the world's most powerful optical telescope system.
› Telescope home page

Kepler Mission
The Kepler Mission will search for Earth-like planets with the "transit" method.
› Kepler home page

Palomar Observatory
A joint effort between JPL and the California Institute of Technology, the Palomar Observatory houses a collection of famous telescopes.
› Palomar home page

Spitzer Space Telescope
Uses infrared technology to study celestial objects that are too cool, too dust-enshrouded or too far away to otherwise be seen.
› Mission home page

Voyager to the Outer Planets
Voyager 1 and 2 flew past Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 2 also flew by Uranus and Neptune. Voyager 1 is now approaching interstellar space.
› Mission home page

Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2
This camera, designed and built at JPL, served as the main camera capturing pictures on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. It still takes images of planets, stars and galaxies.
› Hubble home page

 

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