Spitzer Space Telescope Releases First Images

Posted by michael on Tuesday March 9, 2004 @08:42AM from the long-shot dept.

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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The Invasion is at Hand! by killyourblender · 2004-03-09 09:30 · Score: -1, Troll

Cool! Another place for us to take over someday!

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1. Re:The Invasion is at Hand! by Tree131 · 2004-03-09 11:31 · Score: -1, Troll
  
  They have OIL and WMDs!
  Forget Mars, let's go there!!!!
Re:Hydrocarbons by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-09 11:52 · Score: 0, Troll

The plural of 'spectrum' is 'spectra'. Thanks.