... The Spitzer Space Telescope's encompasing infrared view of the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy is hard to appreciate in just one picture. ... The timing of the bright passage was about 10 minutes after the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-124 mission from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in the southeastern US. ... Connecting the Pipe Nebula to the bright star Antares is a flowing dark cloud nicknamed the Dark River. ... Unusual Light Patch Under Phoenix Lander on Mars . ...