Happy 15th Birthday Spitzer, A Cosmic Eye Opener

Credit: Saturn's largest ring: Keck/NASA/JPL-Caltech
HOUSTON—The last of NASA’s four Great Observatories, the Spitzer space telescope, has marked its 15th anniversary in space, with an impressive legacy of discovery and every expectation there will be more to come. The infrared telescope launched into its Earth-trailing, heliocentric orbit atop a...

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