This was the last awesome image NASA’s Spitzer telescope captured before it died

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NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope fired back one last gorgeous photo before it died.
The telescope was decommissioned in January after serving over 16 long years in space.
The telescope was only expected to serve up to five years but received multiple extensions and proved to be one of NASA’s most reliable tools.
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When NASA launched its Spitzer Space Telescope in 2003 it was hopeful that the spacecraft would spend up to five full years capturing gorgeous images of the cosmos. Five years is a very long time to be scanning the skies, but the space agency believed Spitzer was up for the job. It turns out that five years wasn’t just doable, it was a piece of cake. The spacecraft then went on to spend a total of over 16 years providing scientists with valuable observations.

Spitzer was finally decommissioned on January 30, 2020, but before NASA pulled the plug, it fired back one last, glorious image for us to remember it by.

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