Cosmic Epic Unfolding Infrared Wonders: The Spitzer
On a Voyage to Detect Infrared Radiation Launched in 2003, the Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) is the final mission in NASA’s Great Observatories Program – a family of four space-based observatories including Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO), and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO), designed to observe the universe in a different kind […]
Voyage to Unveil the Hazy: Spitzer Space Telescope
To unravel the cornucopia of hidden mysteries and to gather information on remote planets, galaxies, and other astronomical entities, NASA initiated the concept of a multi-wavelength set of Great Observatories by giving birth to four legendary observatories; to study the universe at the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Its fourth and last element is the Spitzer Space […]