Space-based
observatories
enable the study of space
without atmospheric degradation.
Space
Telescopes
Spitzer
Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) is the
final element in NASA's Great Observatories Program
and a cornerstone of the new Astronomical Search
for Origins Program. It is a space-based observatory
that consists of a 0.85-meter telescope and three
cryogenically-cooled sensors capable of imaging
and spectroscopy in the 3 to 180 micron wavelength
range.
Spitzer
has detected organic molecules dating back to one-fourth
our universe's age.
Earth-like
planet formation
found 424 light-years away using Spitzer
Space Telescope.
Hubble
Space Telescope (HST)
has enlightened astronomers, physicists, mathematicians
and cosmologists with new and surprising information
that will help them unravel the mysteries of our
universe.
Chandra
X-ray Observatory was
designed to observe X-rays from high energy regions
of the universe, such as the remnants of exploded
stars.
