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Spitzer Space Telescope Releases First Images

jkleint writes "The fourth and final of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer Space Telescope, has just released its first images. Spitzer sees in infrared, allowing it to look through the dust clouds that obscure visible light images like those taken by the ill-fated Hubble. Spitzer has already found hydrocarbon spectra--precursors to carbon-based life--in a galaxy 3.2 billion light years away. The article has a very good writeup outlining the telescope's mission and why space-based infrared imaging is important."

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  1. images by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If I want to see images of uranus and black holes, I'll check goatse, thank you.

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  2. Re:Hydrocarbons by dnahelix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dear Grammer Nazi,

    The plural of 'spectrum' is either 'spectra' or 'spectrums.'
    Also, punctuation is correctly placed inside a quote.
    You're welcome.

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  3. Re:Hydrocarbons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    > Dear Grammer Nazi,

    "Grammer" is spelled "grammar".

    > punctuation is correctly placed inside a quote.

    Let's verify with gcc:

    % cat nazi.c
    #include <stdio.h>

    int main()
    {
    printf("Hello world\n);"
    }

    % gcc nazi.c
    nazi.c: In function `main':
    nazi.c:6: parse error before '}' token

  4. Re:Hydrocarbons by dnahelix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    > "Grammer" is spelled "grammar".[sic]

    Touche'.

    However, English grammar rules do not apply to coding, nor vice versa.
    So, you've wasted your time writing that silly little "program."
    (Notice the correct use of punctuation and quotes)
    Also, I'll have you note that orthography and grammar are distinctly different.

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