@SpitzerScope

Capturing the infrared spectrum since 2003, now retired. Official account is @NASASpitzer Visit https://xitter.cf/t.co/a2gGwxbrPn for more information

 Earth trailing orbit
spitzer.caltech.edu/
Joined March 2009
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Spitzer Telescope (Retired) retweeted
Rob
@thegallowboob15 Jul 2023
The University of Kyoto in Japan allows students to wear anything they want for their Graduation ceremony. This is the way.
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I'm (maybe) back, baby!
Eric Berger
@SciGuySpace15 May 2023
This is supremely cool. arstechnica.com/science/2023…

A private company has an audacious plan to rescue NASA’s last “Great Observatory”

I think it would be pretty ambitious... but really great if we could pull it off."

arstechnica.com
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Spitzer Telescope (Retired) retweeted
NASA Solar System
@NASASolarSystem12 May 2023
Why yes, Mercury is in retrograde. This little planet’s motion in our skies takes the blame for plenty of mishaps here on Earth, but it’s just doing its thing, orbiting the Sun! More about retrograde motion (and Mars): mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars…

Mars: Facts - NASA Science

Mars is one of the most explored bodies in our solar system, and it's the only planet where we've sent rovers to roam the alien landscape.

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Nice of JWST to not gloat even though they deserve to...
NASA Webb Telescope
@NASAWebb9 May 2022
Replying to @NASAWebb
Webb’s image, taken by its MIRI instrument, features light from “polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons." These molecules of carbon & hydrogen help us better understand the gas that exists between stars. Get ready for Webb to #UnfoldTheUniverse in unprecedented detail this summer!
A side-by-side comparison of the same view of part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, as seen in infrared by Spitzer's IRAC instrument on the left versus Webb's MIRI instrument on the right. Both images are colorized red. Webb's image shows much clearer detail, depicting crisper stars and clouds of gas.

ALT A side-by-side comparison of the same view of part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, as seen in infrared by Spitzer's IRAC instrument on the left versus Webb's MIRI instrument on the right. Both images are colorized red. Webb's image shows much clearer detail, depicting crisper stars and clouds of gas.

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Check out my 360-degree, 20-gigapixel image of our galaxy. It took me 10 years to capture! spitzer.caltech.edu/glimpse3…
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WYSIWYG. I swear on my Pocket Ref -- my pictures are real! ...just remapped so humans can see them: spitzer.caltech.edu/explore/…
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I made North America disappear! spitzer.caltech.edu/video-au… Watch in HD (58 MB): spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded…
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In case you missed it, some humans in white coats have given me a musical theme. Kind of catchy! http://bit.ly/b9A9dG
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NASA's Spitzer Begins Warm Mission: http://bit.ly/qiw5C
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Well, I'm all out of liquid helium. Starting to warm up to -400°F. What's that Earth saying?...when one door closes, another universe opens.
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My back to the sun, cryogenic, I see dusty disks. #kepler http://tinyurl.com/aqwkhp
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Replying to @NASAExoplanets
@NASAKepler Welcome to heliocentric orbit #Kepler. Get yourself warmed up.
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Replying to @NASAExoplanets
@NASAKepler Good job Kepler, I'm surprised you are still able to tweet after that. Now are you ready to go for a spin in the 3rd stage?
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Go Kepler Go!
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Replying to @NASAExoplanets
@NASAKepler Yup, you'll find out those solar panels really help shield you from the sun. I hope you like it cold! 35 degrees Kelvin cold!
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Just getting over a little bug http://tinyurl.com/akcd56 It's very cold out here but in all honesty, I like it cold. Makes me work better.
Replying to @NASAExoplanets
@NASAKepler I'm currently about 90 million kilometers behind earth so we won't be too close but we can use the DSN to keep in touch.
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Replying to @NASAExoplanets
@NASAKepler I can't wait until you get up here. Were going to have so much fun together.
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