Spitzer Space Telescope
NASA infrared space telescope, operational 2003–2020. The IR predecessor to JWST for cold-target exoplanet science.
Vault-relevant work
- IRAC instrument discovered wd-0806b in 2011 — the second-coldest directly imaged exoplanet known. The 2026 JWST follow-up (see src-aas-nova-wd-0806b-atmosphere-2026-04) builds directly on this initial detection.