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Spitzer Space Telescope

A close-up view of the grid of hexagonal golden mirrors that make up the primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Overture to Exoplanets

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 26 July 202124 October 2022

The curtain is about to rise on the James Webb Space Telescope. Let’s see what’s in store for its opening act.

Orange and brown planet-looking object
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Record-Setting Winds on a Nearby Brown Dwarf

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 16 April 202024 October 2022

Infrared and radio observations reveal zonal winds moving faster than 2,000 kilometers per hour on a “failed star” in our celestial neighborhood.

A pink and green nebula with bright blue stars
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Five Spitzer Discoveries About Solar Systems Near and Far

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 30 January 202010 January 2023

The powerful infrared space telescope is powering down after 16 years. It has revolutionized our understanding of solar systems, including hidden surprises in our own.

Images of blue circles around the yellowballs
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The “Yellowball” Catalog and the Citizen Science That Helped Define It

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by R. Crowell 26 July 20195 January 2023

The online community of the Milky Way Project citizen scientists helped scientists identify compact star-forming regions now known as yellowballs.

Artist’s representation of TRAPPIST-1 planet surface view.
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Seven Earth-Sized Planets Seen Whizzing Around One Cool Star

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 22 February 201724 October 2022

Although all the exoplanets orbit closer than Mercury does to our Sun, liquid water may persist on some of them because their star radiates so little heat.

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Space Telescope Findings Suggest Molten Planetary Surface

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 30 March 201624 October 2022

Researchers studying the super-Earth 55 Cancri e spotted some puzzling features that provide a new vision of the orb's surface.

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