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How Engineers Revamped Spitzer to Probe Exoplanets


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Spitzer Space Telescope, exoplanets

Over its 10 years in space, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has evolved into a premier tool for studying exoplanets.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Now approaching its 10th anniversary, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has evolved into a premier observatory for an endeavor not envisioned in its original design: the study of worlds around other stars, called exoplanets.

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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