NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is about to use its last drop of the coolant that has chilled it for the past five-and-a-half years. On about May 12, give or take a week or so, the observatory is ...

The U.S. Space Force wants to bring a venerable NASA space telescope out of retirement. An early-stage study seeks to resurrect the Spitzer Space Telescope, which was shut off in 2020 after 17 years ...

The Spitzer Space Telescope was launched in 2003, marking NASA's fourth and final "Great Observatory" deployment. Although Spitzer never became a household name like Hubble, it contributed greatly to ...

A small space company is now selected to headline the development of a rescue program for the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope after it stopped its functions due to issues and is left drifting in space.

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is starting a second career and taking its first shots of the cosmos since warming up. The infrared telescope ran out of coolant May 15, 2009, more than ...

NASA: Astronomers have witnessed odd behavior around a young star. Something, perhaps another star or a planet, appears to be pushing a clump of planet-forming material around. The observations, made ...

Its mission was only supposed to last two and a half years, but more than 16 years after launch, NASA's Spitzer telescope has shown us cosmic objects almost to the edge of the universe. Launched in ...

NASA released fascinating images from their Spitzer Space Telescope to mark the 50th anniversary of the wildly popular cult classic "Star Trek" TV series, which first aired on Sept. 8, 1966. The ...

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size exoplanet, or world beyond our solar system, that may be carpeted with volcanoes. Called LP 791-18 d, the planet could undergo volcanic outbursts as often as ...

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size exoplanet, or world beyond our solar system, that may be carpeted with volcanoes. Called LP 791-18 d, the planet could undergo volcanic outbursts as often as ...