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Spitzer Space Telescope
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Spitzer Space Telescope: see infrared astronomy infrared astronomy, study of celestial objects by means of the infrared radiation they emit, in the wavelength range from about 1 micrometer to about 1 millimeter. All objects, from trees and buildings on the earth to distant galaxies, emit infrared (IR) radiation.
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; observatory, orbiting observatory, orbiting, research satellite designed to study solar radiation, electromagnetic radiation from distant stars, the earth's atmosphere , or the like.
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The original observations, using the infrared Spitzer Telescope, identified several intriguing, low-mass objects in star-forming regions of the Milky Way.
The August 2003 launch of the Spitzer Telescope marked the first mission of the Origins program.
Most of that material would spiral onto the pulsar, but a small amount could end up as a swirling disk like the one now detected by the Spitzer telescope, notes Woosley.
 
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