On 25 August 2013, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope marked its tenth year in orbit.
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In that time the revolutionary infrared observatory has beamed back hundreds of images of distant nebulae, galaxies and the farthest reaches of our own Milky Way.
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See a selection of these amazing celestial sights in the gallery above.
NGC 3351 (M95): NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Kennicutt (University of Arizona) and the SINGS Team
Andromeda: NASA/JPL-Caltech/K. Gordon (Univ. of Arizona) & GALEX Science Team
The Serpens star-forming region: NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Cieza (University of Texas at Austin)