10 years of the Spitzer Space Telescope

On 25 August 2013, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope marked its tenth year in orbit.

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.

See a selection of these amazing celestial sights in the gallery above.

<source media="(max-width: 320px)" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/25/2019/06/sig05-015_Ti-ac2bbbf.jpg?quality=90&resize=160%2C160, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/25/2019/06/sig05-015_Ti-ac2bbbf.jpg?quality=45&resize=320%2C320 2x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/25/2019/06/sig05-015_Ti-ac2bbbf.jpg?quality=45&resize=480%2C480 3x" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(max-width: 992px)" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/25/2019/06/sig05-015_Ti-ac2bbbf.jpg?quality=90&resize=136%2C136, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/25/2019/06/sig05-015_Ti-ac2bbbf.jpg?quality=45&resize=272%2C272 2x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/25/2019/06/sig05-015_Ti-ac2bbbf.jpg?quality=45&resize=408%2C408 3x" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 993px)" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/25/2019/06/sig05-015_Ti-ac2bbbf.jpg?quality=90&resize=155%2C155, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/25/2019/06/sig05-015_Ti-ac2bbbf.jpg?quality=45&resize=310%2C310 2x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/25/2019/06/sig05-015_Ti-ac2bbbf.jpg?quality=45&resize=465%2C465 3x" type="image/jpeg"> <img class="wp-image-36405 size-full image-handler__image image-handler__image--full no-wrap js-gallery-grid-src-image" src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/25/2019/06/sig05-015_Ti-ac2bbbf.jpg?quality=90&resize=295%2C295" width="295" height="295" data-crop-width="" data-crop-height="" alt="NGC 3351 (M95): NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Kennicutt (University of Arizona) and the SINGS Team" title="sig05-015_Ti" style="width: auto; height: 100%;"> NGC 3351 (M95): NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Kennicutt (University of Arizona) and the SINGS Team

Accessibility Links

10 years of the Spitzer Space Telescope

Tags

Get your Essential Stargazing kit today!