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ssc2020-17a 10.28.20 Something Out There Is Watching YouDo you ever look up at the night sky and feel like someone, or something, may be looking back at you? This Halloween ... view image |
ssc2020-14a 08.25.20 W51The star-forming nebula W51 is one of the largest "star factories" in the Milky Way galaxy. Interstellar dust blocks ... view image |
ssc2020-12a 06.22.20 HIP 67522 b: The Youngest Known Hot JupiterThis artwork illustrates the newly-discovered the exoplanet HIP 67522 b, which appears to be the youngest hot Jupiter... view image |
ssc2020-11a 04.28.20 Black Hole Disk Flare in Galaxy OJ 287This image shows two massive black holes in the OJ 287 galaxy. The smaller black hole orbits the larger one, which is... view image |
ssc2020-10a 04.17.20 Spitzer California Nebula MosaicThis series of image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope on Jan. 25, 2020, shows part of the California Nebula, w... view image |
ssc2020-10b 04.17.20 Spitzer California Nebula Mosaic CalloutThis image shows the section of the nebula captured by Spitzer in the context of a larger, visible-light image of the... view image |
ssc2020-09b 04.09.20 Brown Dwarf ComparisonBrown dwarfs are more massive than planets but not quite as massive as stars. Generally speaking, they have between 1... view image |
ssc2020-09a 04.09.20 Windy Brown DwarfFor the first time, scientists have directly measured wind speed on a brown dwarf, pictured here in an illustration. ... view image |
ssc2020-04b 01.28.20 Kelt-9b: The Hottest Hot Jupiter (Tall)This artist's concept shows planet KELT-9b orbiting its host star, KELT-9. It is the hottest gas giant planet discove... view image |
ssc2020-04a 01.28.20 Kelt-9b: The Hottest Hot Jupiter (Wide)This artist's concept shows planet KELT-9b orbiting its host star, KELT-9. It is the hottest gas giant planet discove... view image |
ssc2020-06c 01.27.20 Tarantula Nebula Spitzer 3-Color Image (Annotated)This image shows the location of Supernova 1987A and the starburst region R136 where massive stars form at a signific... view image |
ssc2020-06a 01.27.20 Tarantula Nebula Spitzer 2-Color ImageThis image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Tarantula Nebula in two wavelengths of infrared light, each ... view image |
ssc2020-06b 01.27.20 Tarantula Nebula Spitzer 3-Color ImageThis image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Tarantula Nebula in three wavelengths of infrared light, eac... view image |
ssc2020-05b 01.24.20 Spitzer in Space: Final Voyage (Portrait)This artist's concept depicts NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in space much as it would appear to an observer at the e... view image |
ssc2020-05d 01.24.20 Spitzer in Space: Infrared Final VoyageThis artist's concept depicts NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in space much as it would appear at the end of its missi... view image |
ssc2020-05a 01.24.20 Spitzer in Space: Final VoyageThis artist's concept depicts NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in space much as it would appear to an observer at the e... view image |
ssc2020-05c 01.24.20 Spitzer in Space: Infrared Final Voyage (Portrait)This artist's concept depicts NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in space much as it would appear at the end of its missi... view image |
ssc2019-18a 12.19.19 Perseus Molecular CloudA collection of gas and dust over 500 light-years across, the Perseus Molecular Cloud hosts an abundance of young sta... view image |
ssc2019-17a 10.30.19 The Jack-o-Lantern NebulaThis carved-out cloud of gas and dust has been nicknamed the "Jack-o'-lantern Nebula" because it looks like a cosmic ... view image |
ssc2019-17b 10.30.19 The Jack-o-Lantern NebulaThis carved-out cloud of gas and dust has been nicknamed the "Jack-o'-lantern Nebula" because it looks like a cosmic ... view image |
ssc2019-16a1 09.30.19 Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere!This cloud of gas and dust in space is full of bubbles inflated by wind and radiation from massive young stars. Each ... view image |
ssc2019-16b 09.30.19 Bow Shocks Between the BubblesThese four images show bow shocks, or arcs of warm dust formed as winds from fast-moving stars push aside dust grains... view image |
ssc2019-16a 09.30.19 Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere! (Annotated)This cloud of gas and dust is full of bubbles, which are inflated by wind and radiation from massive young stars. Yel... view image |
ssc2019-15b 08.27.19 Full Infrared View of the M81 GalaxyThe magnificent spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 are highlighted in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space T... view image |
ssc2019-15c 08.27.19 The Dust of Galaxy M81Wispy patterns of dust trace the spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space ... view image |
ssc2019-15a 08.27.19 Galaxy M81 in Infrared, RevisitedThe magnificent spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 are highlighted in this NASA Spitzer Space Telescope imag... view image |
ssc2019-15d 08.27.19 M81 Galaxy by StarlightThe nearby spiral galaxy, Messier 81 (M81) is shown in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. This image sho... view image |
ssc2019-14c 08.19.19 Dark World (Full)This artist's illustration depicts the exoplanet LHS 3844b, which is 1.3 times the mass of Earth and orbits an M dwar... view image |
ssc2019-14a 08.19.19 Dark WorldThis artist's illustration depicts the exoplanet LHS 3844b, which is 1.3 times the mass of Earth and orbits an M dwar... view image |
ssc2019-13a 08.07.19 Perfectly Sideways GalaxyGalaxy NGC 5866 lies 44 million light-years from Earth and has a diameter of roughly 60,000 light-years a little mor... view image |
ssc2019-12a 07.02.19 NASA's Great Observatories Probe New Class of ExoplanetThis artist's illustration shows the theoretical internal structure of the exoplanet GJ 3470 b. It is unlike any plan... view image |
ssc2019-11d 06.26.19 The Infrared Whirlpool GalaxyThis image shows the Whirlpool galaxy, also known as Messier 51 and NGC 5194/5195, which is actually a pair of galaxi... view image |
ssc2019-11c 06.26.19 The Whirlpool Galaxy in Infrared LightThis image shows the Whirlpool galaxy, also known as Messier 51 and NGC 5194/5195, which is actually a pair of galaxi... view image |
ssc2019-11b 06.26.19 The Whirlpool Galaxy in Visible and Infrared LightThis image shows the Whirlpool galaxy, also known as Messier 51 and NGC 5194/5195, which is actually a pair of galaxi... view image |
ssc2019-11a 06.26.19 The Whirlpool Galaxy in Visible LightThis image shows the Whirlpool galaxy, also known as Messier 51 and NGC 5194/5195, which is actually a pair of galaxi... view image |
ssc2019-09a 06.04.19 Spitzer Final Voyage PosterA poster celebrating Spitzer Final Voyage. On January 30th 2020, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope will complete its mis... view image |
ssc2019-08a 05.31.19 Cepheus C and Cepheus B (IRAC-MIPS)This image was compiled using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope using the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) and the... view image |
ssc2019-08c 05.31.19 Cepheus C and Cepheus B (IRAC)This image shows data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, from the IRAC instrument, with colors corresponding to wav... view image |
ssc2019-08d 05.31.19 Cepheus C and Cepheus B (IRAC Annotated)This image shows data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, from the IRAC instrument, with colors corresponding to wav... view image |
ssc2019-08b 05.31.19 Cepheus C and Cepheus B (IRAC-MIPS Annotated)This image was compiled using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope using the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) and the... view image |
ssc2019-06a 05.08.19 A Field of Galaxies Seen by Spitzer and HubbleThis deep-field view of the sky, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, is dominated by galaxies - including some v... view image |
ssc2019-06b 05.08.19 First Galaxy Illustration ApproximationThis artist's illustration shows what one of the very first galaxies in the universe might have looked like. High lev... view image |
ssc2019-05b 04.25.19 Spitzer Captures Messier 87 (Jets)The galaxy M87, imaged here by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, is home to a supermassive black hole that spews two je... view image |
ssc2019-05c 04.25.19 Spitzer Captures Messier 87The galaxy M87 looks like a hazy, blue space-puff in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. At the galaxy's ... view image |
ssc2019-05a 04.25.19 Spitzer Captures Messier 87 (EHT)This wide-field image of the galaxy M87 was taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The top inset shows a close-up o... view image |
ssc2019-04a 03.27.19 Space ButterflyWhat looks like a red butterfly in space is in reality a nursery for hundreds of baby stars, revealed in this infrare... view image |
ssc2019-03c 02.27.19 Galaxy Merger Arp 302This image shows two merging galaxies known as Arp 302, also called VV 340. In these images, different colors corresp... view image |
ssc2019-03a 02.27.19 Galaxy Merger Arp86This image shows the merger of two galaxies, known as NGC 7752 (larger) and NGC 7753 (smaller), also collectively cal... view image |
ssc2019-03b 02.27.19 Galaxy Merger VII Zw 96This image shows the merger of two galaxies, known as NGC 6786 (right) and UGC 11415 (left), also collectively called... view image |
ssc2018-16a 11.16.18 Supernova Remnant G54This image of supernova remnant G54.1+0.3 includes radio, infrared and X-ray light. view image |
ssc2018-14b 10.23.18 The Cat's Paw Nebula IRACThe Cat's Paw Nebula, imaged here by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope using the IRAC instrument, is a star-forming regi... view image |
ssc2018-14a 10.23.18 The Cat's Paw Nebula MIPS & IRACThe Cat's Paw Nebula, imaged here by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope using the MIPS and IRAC instruments, is a star-fo... view image |
ssc2018-09a 08.02.18 Spitzer Spies Supernova Remnant HBH3Thin, red veins of energized gas mark the location of the supernova remnant HBH3 in this image from NASA's Spitzer Sp... view image |
ssc2018-08c 06.16.18 TDE observed in Arp299BA diagram showing the components of the TDE observed in Arp299B. view image |
ssc2018-08a 06.15.18 A Tidal Disruption Event in Arp299BAn image of the galaxy Arp299B, which is undergoing a merging process with Arp299A, captured by NASA's Hubble space t... view image |
ssc2018-08b 06.15.18 Black Hole vs. Star: A Tidal Disruption Event (Artist's Concept)An artist's concept of a tidal disruption event (TDE) that happens when a star passes fatally close to a supermassive... view image |
ssc2018-04a 02.05.18 Illustration of TRAPPIST-1 Planets as of Feb. 2018This illustration shows the seven Earth-size planets of TRAPPIST-1. The image does not show the planets' orbits to sc... view image |
ssc2018-04b1 02.05.18 TRAPPIST-1 Planet Lineup - Feb. 2018This artist's concept shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about the pla... view image |
ssc2018-04c 02.05.18 TRAPPIST-1 Planet Data - Feb. 2018This chart shows, on the top row, artist concepts of the seven planets of TRAPPIST-1 with their orbital periods, dist... view image |
ssc2018-04b2 02.05.18 TRAPPIST-1 Planet Lineup - Feb. 2018 (unannotated)This artist's concept shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about the pla... view image |
ssc2018-04d 02.05.18 TRAPPIST-1 Compared to Jovian Moons and Inner Solar System - Feb. 2018All seven planets discovered in orbit around the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 could easily fit inside the orbit of Mercu... view image |
ssc2018-05a 01.31.18 Arp 142: The Penguin and the EggThis image of distant interacting galaxies, known collectively as Arp 142, bears an uncanny resemblance to a penguin ... view image |
ssc2018-03a 01.22.18 "Wrong-way" Winds on CoRoT-2bThis illustration depicts the strange case of the backwards hotspot researchers have found on the hot exoplanet known... view image |
ssc2017-18a 11.29.17 WASP-18b Artist's ConceptWASP-18b is an exoplanet located 325 light-years from Earth. The planet's mass is 10 times that of Jupiter, and it or... view image |
ssc2017-17a 11.16.17 55 Cancri e with AtmosphereThe super-Earth exoplanet 55 Cancri e, depicted with its star in this artist's concept, likely has an atmosphere thic... view image |
ssc2017-16a 11.01.17 Polluted White DwarfThis artist's concept shows an exoplanet and debris disk orbiting a polluted white dwarf. view image |
ssc2017-15a 10.30.17 Starburst ChartOver their individual histories, the vast majority of galaxies are thought to produce stars at relatively slow rates.... view image |
ssc2017-14a2 10.16.17 Flicker of A Neutron Star Merger in Infrared LightNASAs Spitzer Space Telescope has provisionally detected the faint afterglow of the explosive merger of two neutron s... view image |
ssc2017-14a1 10.16.17 Infrared View of NGC 4993, Host Galaxy to a Neutron Star MergerNASAs Spitzer Space Telescope has provisionally detected the faint afterglow of the explosive merger of two neutron s... view image |
ssc2017-14a 10.16.17 Spitzer Sees Flicker of Neutron Star CollisionNASAs Spitzer Space Telescope has provisionally detected the faint afterglow of the explosive merger of two neutron s... view image |
ssc2017-12a 10.11.17 Giant Exoplanet and Debris DiskThis artist's rendering shows a large exoplanet causing small bodies to collide in a disk of dust. view image |
ssc2017-11a 10.04.17 Dusty Ring Around Boyajians StarThis illustration depicts a hypothetical uneven ring of dust orbitingKIC 8462852, also known as Boyajians Star or Tab... view image |
ssc2017-10a 08.17.17 Brown Dwarf WeatherThis artist's concept shows a brown dwarf with bands of clouds, thought to resemble those seen on Neptune and the oth... view image |
ssc2017-09a 08.11.17 TRAPPIST-1 System - Artist ConceptThis illustration shows what the TRAPPIST-1 system might look like from a vantage point near planet TRAPPIST-1f. view image |
ssc2017-07b 05.25.17 Massive Star Goes Out With a Whimper Instead of a BangThis pair of visible-light and near-infrared photos from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the giant star N6946-BH1... view image |
ssc2017-07a 05.25.17 Massive Star Goes Out With a Whimper Instead of a Bang (Artist's Concept)Every second a star somewhere out in the universe explodes as a supernova. But some extremely massive stars go out wi... view image |
ssc2017-06a 05.11.17 Warm Neptune HAT-P-26bThe atmosphere of the distant "warm Neptune" HAT-P-26b, illustrated here, is unexpectedly primitive, composed primari... view image |
ssc2017-05a 05.10.17 Crab Nebula from Five ObservatoriesIn the summer of the year 1054 AD, Chinese astronomers saw a new "guest star," that appeared six times brighter than ... view image |
ssc2017-05a1 05.10.17 Crab Nebula from Five ObservatoriesIn the summer of the year 1054 AD, Chinese astronomers saw a new "guest star," that appeared six times brighter than ... view image |
ssc2017-03a 04.26.17 Iceball Planet Artist's ConceptThis artist's concept shows OGLE-2016-BLG-1195Lb, a planet discovered through a technique called microlensing. The pl... view image |
ssc2017-01i 02.22.17 The Discovery of TRAPPIST-1 PlanetsThe first observations of the TRAPPIST-1 system reported in 2016 revealed three planets orbiting a small, red-dwarf s... view image |
ssc2017-01a 02.22.17 TRAPPIST-1 Planet LineupThis artist's conception shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about thei... view image |
ssc2017-01f 02.22.17 TRAPPIST-1 Statistics TableThis chart shows, on the top row, artist conceptions of the seven planets of TRAPPIST-1 with their orbital periods, d... view image |
ssc2017-01g 02.22.17 TRAPPIST-1 Comparison to Solar System and Jovian MoonsAll seven planets discovered in orbit around the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 could easily fit inside the orbit of Mercu... view image |
ssc2017-01c 02.22.17 Surface of TRAPPIST-1fImagine standing on the surface of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1f. This artist's concept is one interpretation of what it ... view image |
ssc2017-01d 02.22.17 Transit Illustration of TRAPPIST-1This illustration shows the seven TRAPPIST-1 planets as they might look as viewed from Earth using a fictional, incre... view image |
ssc2017-01b 02.21.17 Abstract Concept of TRAPPIST-1 SystemThe TRAPPIST-1 star, an ultra-cool dwarf, has seven Earth-size planets orbiting it. This artist's concept appeared on... view image |
sig16-20a 11.10.16 Brown Dwarf SystemThis illustration depicts a newly discovered brown dwarf, an object that weighs in somewhere between our solar system... view image |
sig16-20 11.10.16 Brown Dwarf Microlensing IllustrationThis illustration depicts a newly discovered brown dwarf, an object that weighs in somewhere between our solar system... view image |
sig16-19 11.10.16 Brown Dwarf Microlensing DiagramTwo space-based telescopes teamed up with ground-based observatories to observe a microlensing event caused by a brow... view image |
sig16-18 09.28.16 'Pandora's Cluster' Seen by SpitzerThis image of galaxy cluster Abell 2744, also called Pandora's Cluster, was taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The... view image |
sig16-17 09.08.16 'Enterprise' Nebulae Seen by SpitzerJust in time for the 50th anniversary of the TV series "Star Trek," which first aired September 8th,1966, a new infra... view image |
sig16-16 09.08.16 'Enterprise' Nebulae Seen by Spitzer (annotated)Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the TV series "Star Trek," which first aired September 8th,1966, a new infra... view image |
sig16-15 08.29.16 Age-Defying StarAn age-defying star called IRAS 19312+1950 exhibits features characteristic of a very young star and a very old star.... view image |
sig16-14 08.26.16 Spitzer BeyondThis artist's concept shows NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Spitzer begins its "Beyond" mission phase on Oct. 1, 2016... view image |
sig16-13 08.26.16 Spitzer's JourneyThis diagram shows how the different phases of Spitzers mission relate to its location relative to the Earth over time. view image |
sig16-12 07.27.16 The Loneliest Young StarAn unusual celestial object called CX330 was first detected as a source of X-ray light in 2009. It has been launching... view image |
sig16-011a 06.14.16 Dimming of FU Orionis (Brighter Phase Artist's Concept)The brightness of outbursting star FU Orionis has been slowly fading since its initial flare-up in 1936. Researchers ... view image |
sig16-011 06.14.16 Dimming of FU Orionis (Artist's Concept)The brightness of outbursting star FU Orionis has been slowly fading since its initial flare-up in 1936. Researchers ... view image |
sig16-011b 06.14.16 Dimming of FU Orionis (Fainter Phase Artist's Concept)The brightness of outbursting star FU Orionis has been slowly fading since its initial flare-up in 1936. Researchers ... view image |
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