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Press Release: Closest Planetary System Hosts Two Asteroid Belts
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Recent News
- NASA's Spitzer Gets Sneak Peek Inside Comet Holmes (October 13, 2008)
- Splashy Portrait Helps Explain How Stars Form (October 08, 2008)
- Massive Young Stars Trigger Stellar Birth (October 07, 2008)
- Artists and Astronomers 'Observe' the Universe Together (October 07, 2008)
- Infrared Echoes give NASA's Spitzer a Supernova Flashback (October 01, 2008)
- Generations of Stars Pose for Family Portrait (August 22, 2008)
- Spitzer Podcasts Downloaded Over 7 Million Times (September 23, 2008)
- Water Hit with Young Star's Best Shot (September 18, 2008)
- The Spitzer Space Telescope and the Los Angeles Arboretum Team Up for Terrabyte (September 10, 2008)
- Celebrate Spitzer's 5th Anniversary at Griffith Observatory! (August 19, 2008)
- Spitzer Notices Star Birth Spike in Galaxies Moving to Cosmic Cities (August 06, 2008)
- Spitzer Reveals 'No Organics' Zone Around Pinwheel Galaxy (July 21, 2008)
- Brightest Star in the Galaxy has New Competition (July 15, 2008)
- Rare 'Star-Making Machine' Found In Distant Universe (July 10, 2008)
- Spitzer Captures Stellar Coming of Age in Our Galaxy (June 03, 2008)
- Stellar Lightweight Causes a Mysteriously Massive Explosion (June 23, 2008)
- Two of the Milky Way's Spiral Arms Go Missing (June 03, 2008)
- Scientists Hold Séance for Supernova (May 29, 2008)
- Strange Ring Found Circling Dead Star (May 28, 2008)
- Spitzer Finds Cosmic Neon's Sweet Spot (May 16, 2008)
- New Software Brings the Universe to Your Computer (May 13, 2008)
- The Second Stellar Baby Boom (April 30, 2008)
- Spitzer Sees Shining Stellar Sphere (April 10, 2008)
- Spitzer Spots Ancient Cosmic Urban Sprawl (April 8, 2008)
- Spitzer Finds Organics and Water Where New Planets May Grow (March 13, 2008)
- Cosmic Searchlights Reveal "Lost" Galaxies (March 24, 2008)
- Spitzer's Eyes Perfect for Spotting Diamonds in the Sky (February 26, 2008)
- Many, Perhaps Most, Nearby Sun-Like Stars May Form Rocky Planets (February 17, 2008)
- Astronomers Eye Ultra-Young, Bright Galaxy in Early Universe (February 12, 2008)
- Spitzer Catches Young Stars in Their Baby Blanket of Dust (February 11, 2008)
- Cosmic Suburbia is a Better Breeding Ground for Stars (January 25, 2008)
- NASA Unveils Cosmic Images Book in Braille for Blind Readers (January 15, 2008)
- Even Thin Galaxies Can Grow Fat Black Holes (January 10, 2008)
- One Million Downloads for the Hidden Universe (December 21, 2007)
- 10,000 Earths' Worth of Fresh Dust Found Near Star Explosion (December 20, 2007)
- Spitzer Studies Struggle of Galactic Teenagers (December 14, 2007)
- A Classic Beauty (December 11, 2007)
- Embryonic Star Captured with Jets Flaring (November 29, 2007)
- Youthful Star Sprouts Planets Early (November 28, 2007)
- Astronomers Say Moons Like Ours Are Uncommon (November 20, 2007)
- Spitzer Researcher Named 2007 Scientist of the Year (November 13, 2007)
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