Target:
Mission: Spitzer Space Telescope
Spacecraft: Spitzer Space Telescope
Instrument: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC),Infrared Spectrograph (IRS),Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS)
Size: 2766 x 2766
ID#: PIA10968
Added: 2008-07-21

"No Organics" Zone Circles Pinwheel

The Pinwheel galaxy, otherwise known as Messier 101, sports bright reddish edges in this new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

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Target:
Mission: Spitzer Space Telescope
Spacecraft: Spitzer Space Telescope
Instrument: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC),Infrared Spectrograph (IRS),Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS)
Size: 925 x 925
ID#: PIA10711
Added: 2008-05-28

Ghostly Ring

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope imaged the mysterious ring around magnetar SGR 1900+14 in infrared light.

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