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The Spitzer Space Telescope is in orbit. Image: NASA

NASA's Spitzer space telescope ends its life after 16 years of astronomical discoveries

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NASA discovered bucky balls in space

A NASA telescope detected fullerene compounds in space for the first time

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From left to right: Jingle Liu, Xi-Cheng Zhang, Jianming Dai. Credit: Rensselaer/Daria Robbins

Breakthrough in remote sensing of hidden explosives

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Photograph of the prototype of the device (credit: Public Relations)

The hitherto untapped terahertz frequencies will enable the remote detection of explosives and camouflaged munitions

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The spiral galaxy IC 342. Photo: WISE Space Telescope

The hidden galaxy

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To explore the hidden universe: NASA launches the last of the large observatories SIRTF (renamed Spitzer)

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