Showing posts with label Warmed Up and Ready to Go. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warmed Up and Ready to Go. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Warmed Up and Ready to Go
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has put its infrared eyes back on the sky to observe the cold and dusty universe. The telescope ran out of liquid coolant on May 15, 2009, after more than five-and-a-half years of observations. Two of its infrared channels are working at full capacity at the observatory's new "warm" temperature of approximately 30 Kelvin (minus 406 degrees Fahrenheit) -- still quite
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