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Press Room - Image Gallery: optical

asteroid 2008 TC3
October 06, 2008Boulder-sized Asteroid Will Burn Up in Earth's Atmosphere Tonightasteroid 2008 TC3
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W5 star forming region
August 22, 2008Spitzer Reveals Stellar "Family Tree"W5 star forming region
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W5 star forming region
August 22, 2008Spitzer Reveals Stellar "Family Tree"W5 star forming region
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Comet 17P/Holmes
November 26, 2007A Last Look at Comet HolmesComet 17P/Holmes
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Comet 17P/Holmes
October 25, 2007Old Comet Still Kicks Up Its Heels!Comet 17P/Holmes
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Comet 17P/Holmes
October 25, 2007Old Comet Still Kicks Up Its Heels!Comet 17P/Holmes
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Comet 17P/Holmes
October 25, 2007Old Comet Still Kicks Up Its Heels!Comet 17P/Holmes
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Comet 17P/Holmes
October 25, 2007Old Comet Still Kicks Up Its Heels!Comet 17P/Holmes
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Comet 17P/Holmes
October 25, 2007Old Comet Still Kicks Up Its Heels!Comet 17P/Holmes
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Comet 17P/Holmes
October 25, 2007Old Comet Still Kicks Up Its Heels!Comet 17P/Holmes
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Comet 17P/Holmes
October 25, 2007Old Comet Still Kicks Up Its Heels!Comet 17P/Holmes
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Comet 17P/Holmes
October 25, 2007Old Comet Still Kicks Up Its Heels!Comet 17P/Holmes
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Comet 17P/Holmes
October 25, 2007Mystery Comet Explodes into BrightnessComet 17P/Holmes
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Large Magellanic Cloud
September 17, 2007The Magellanic Clouds Are First-Time VisitorsLarge Magellanic Cloud
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NGC 4051 galaxy
April 20, 2007Black Holes May Fill the Universe with Seeds of LifeNGC 4051 galaxy
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SDSS J091709.55+463821.8 (white dwarf)
April 17, 2007Cosmic Weight Loss: The Lowest Mass White DwarfSDSS J091709.55+463821.8 (white dwarf)
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SN 1987A
February 22, 200720 Years of Surprises from Supernova 1987ASN 1987A
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Large Magellanic Cloud
January 09, 2007Magellanic Clouds May Be Just Passing ThroughLarge Magellanic Cloud
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Orion Nebula
August 14, 2006NASA's Spitzer Reveals New Wonders in the Familiar Orion NebulaOrion Nebula
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Triangulum galaxy (M33)
June 14, 2006Milky Way's Sister Galaxy Shines in New PortraitTriangulum galaxy (M33)
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M15 with double neutron star system, M15C
January 31, 2006Neutron Star Swaps Lead to Short Gamma-Ray BurstsM15 with double neutron star system, M15C
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Galactic globular cluster M15
January 31, 2006Neutron Star Swaps Lead to Short Gamma-Ray BurstsGalactic globular cluster M15
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SDSS J091759.5+672238
January 26, 2006Two Exiled Stars Are Leaving Our Galaxy ForeverSDSS J091759.5+672238
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SDSS J091301.0+305120
January 26, 2006Two Exiled Stars Are Leaving Our Galaxy ForeverSDSS J091301.0+305120
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spiral galaxy NGC 3079
January 12, 2006New Maser Measurements Trace Detail in Active Galactic Corespiral galaxy NGC 3079
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Helix Nebula
January 09, 2006Spitzer Puts a New Spin on the Helix NebulaHelix Nebula
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Polaris Companion Star
January 09, 2006There's More to the North Star Than Meets the EyePolaris Companion Star
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NGC 2264 (Christmas Tree Cluster)
December 22, 2005A Holiday Gift from Space: Spitzer Photographs Christmas Tree ClusterNGC 2264 (Christmas Tree Cluster)
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Einstein
November 17, 2005Einstein's Rings in SpaceEinstein's rings
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NGC 1333
November 15, 2005Spitzer Harvests Dozens of New StarsNGC 1333
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L1014 cosmic cloud
October 04, 2005It Takes Three Smithsonian Observatories To Decipher One Mystery ObjectL1014 cosmic cloud
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protoplanetary disks
June 14, 2005SMA Confirms Proto-Planetary Systems are Common in the Galaxyprotoplanetary disks
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protoplanetary disks
June 14, 2005SMA Confirms Proto-Planetary Systems are Common in the Galaxyprotoplanetary disks
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supernova 1987A
June 06, 2005Exploding Star Left No Visible Coresupernova 1987A
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supernova 1987A
June 06, 2005Exploding Star Left No Visible Coresupernova 1987A
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spiral galaxy M33
March 03, 2005Astronomers Measure Slowest Motion Across The Skyspiral galaxy M33
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stellar outcast
February 08, 2005First Stellar Outcast Discovered by Astronomersstellar outcast
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