NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, one of the agency's original four "Great Observatories," will execute a final set of commands Thursday, quietly shutting down and putting itself to sleep after more ...

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope was launched in 2003 on a mission to spend five years exploring the cosmos in infrared light. That means it excels at capturing images and chemical signatures of warm ...

For 16 years, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has trailed Earth’s orbit, sending back remarkable data about distant galaxies and alien worlds. Sadly, the time has come for the telescope to hang up its ...

Artist’s concept of the Spitzer Space Telescope seen against the infrared sky. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt WASHINGTON — NASA will turn off an aging infrared space telescope in a week, citing the ...

After 16 years and five months in space, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is signing off. On January 30, engineers will instruct the telescope to power down, bringing an end to one of NASA’s premier ...

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has concluded after more than 16 years of exploring the universe in infrared light. NASA/JPL-Caltech After a 16 years of collecting images of our galaxy and beyond, NASA ...

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This week, NASA is saying goodbye to one of its most storied and productive telescopes: The Spitzer Space Telescope, launched in 2003 to investigate our universe in the infrared wavelength. As this ...

On Thursday, NASA’s Spitzer space telescope signed off and went silent. But even during its final week of operation, the spacecraft was making one-of-a-kind observations. The telescope, the size of a ...

WASHINGTON — NASA is considering handing over operations of one of its flagship “Great Observatories” to a private organization that would also be responsible for funding the spacecraft. In a request ...

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