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Featured Images
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01-22-2018 "Wrong-way" Winds on CoRoT-2b |
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11-01-2017 Polluted White Dwarf |
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10-11-2017 Giant Exoplanet and Debris Disk |
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08-11-2017 TRAPPIST-1 System - Artist Concept |
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05-10-2017 Crab Nebula from Five Observatories |
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04-26-2017 Iceball Planet Artist's Concept |
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02-22-2017 Transit Illustration of TRAPPIST-1 |
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02-21-2017 Abstract Concept of TRAPPIST-1 System |
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09-08-2016 'Enterprise' Nebulae Seen by Spitzer |
Young Star Caught in a Fit of Growth
Researchers have discovered a young star in the midst of a rare growth spurt—a dramatic phase of stellar evolution when matter swirling around a star falls onto the star, bulking up its mass. The star belongs to a class of fitful stars known as FU Ori's, named after the original member of the group, FU Orionis (the capital letters represent a naming scheme for variable stars, and Orionis refers to its location in the Orion constellation). Typically, these stars, which are less than a few million years old, are hidden behind thick clouds of dust and hard to observe.
14 Years and 11 Months in Space... One More Month to Go Before #Spitzer15
In less than one month, NASA’s Spitzer Space telescope will be exactly half my age and given how much time went into its planning, preparation and construction, we could probably be twins. But while I've spent all of my 30 years on Earth, Spitzer has spent 15 of those orbiting our Sun in space, looking out into the depths of the Universe.
