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Night Vision—Spitzer Space Telescope
But the Spitzer telescope's infrared vision is the keenest ever, thanks to a mirror nearly three feet (0.9 meters) across, sensitive detectors cooled almost to absolute zero, and an orbit far from ...
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The Spitzer Space Telescope Ends Its Incredible Journey
While the Spitzer Space Telescope might have been launched in ... Rather than operating in low Earth orbit like the Hubble Space Telescope, SIRTF would be launched into deep space.
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NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has reached the end of its historic 17-year mission
The Spitzer Space Telescope mission will soon end, and NASA is using this as an opportunity to celebrate all the success the telescope has enjoyed during its lengthy tenure in space. In a new post ...
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A new ‘dark’ planet on NASA’s radar might hold the key to what makes or breaks a planet
The Spitzer Space Telescope has been observing a planet that’s 1.3 times larger than the Earth and 48.6 light years away. And, it completes its orbit in a mere 11 hours. But, it has one critical ...