10 spectacular images of cosmos captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope was the fourth and last of NASA's "great observatories" after the Hubble Space Telescope. Here are some of the astounding images of space captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope.
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This beautiful image shared by NASA is of a giant star called Zeta Ophiuchi. This young and hot star is located around 370 light-years away from Earth.
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This vibrant image is a mosaic of Capheus C and Capheus B regions observed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
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This spectacular composite image of the Antennae galaxy shows stars shining bright amidst colourful plumes of gas and dust.
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This spellbinding image of the Pinwheel Galaxy or M101 in the constellation Ursa Major shows a spiral of young and old stars shining bright along the tightly packed spiral arms of M101.
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This stunning image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud shared by NASA shows newborn stars appearing bright amidst the colourful blanket of dust.
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This striking infrared image of the Helix Nebula shared by NASA shows a cosmic starlet resembling a giant eye.
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Also known as the Swan nebula, this bright coloured star-making cloud called M17 was captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
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This gorgeous image of a nebula W40 was captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. It shows a giant cloud of gas and dust shining bright in space.
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This glowing image of the RCW 120 nebula, also known as the Emerald Nebula, shows a region of hot gas and glowing dust amidst clouds in the constellation Scorpius.
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Captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, this image of a vast structure in the constellation Perseus shows wispy green fragments surrounded by bright stars.