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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 |
ssc2020-09a 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 |
ssc2020-09b 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 |
ssc2020-04b 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 |
ssc2020-05d 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 |
ssc2020-05c 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 |
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 |
ssc2020-05b 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 |
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 |
ssc2019-12a 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 |
ssc2019-09a 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 |
ssc2019-06b 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 |
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 |
ssc2018-04d 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 |
ssc2018-04b2 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 |
ssc2018-04b1 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 |
ssc2018-04a 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 |
ssc2018-04c 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 |
ssc2018-03a 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 |
ssc2017-12a 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 |
ssc2017-07a 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 |
ssc2017-03a 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 |
ssc2017-01d 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 |
ssc2017-01c 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 |
ssc2017-01f 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 |
ssc2017-01i 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 |
ssc2017-01b 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 |
sig16-14 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 |
sig16-011b 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 |
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 |
sig16-010 04.26.16 Light Echo DiagramAstronomers can use light echoes to measure the distance from a star to its surrounding protoplanetary disk. This dia... view image |
sig16-009 04.26.16 Protoplanetary DiskThis illustration shows a star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk. Material from the thick disk flows along the star... view image |
ssc2016-01b 03.30.16 Hot-Lava World IllustrationThis illustration shows one possible scenario for the hot, rocky exoplanet called 55 Cancri e, which is nearly two ti... view image |
sig15-016 12.14.15 Artist's Impression of "Hot Jupiter" ExoplanetsThis image shows an artist's impression of the 10 hot Jupiter exoplanets studied using the Hubble and Spitzer space t... view image |
sig15-015 12.10.15 Cool Star Marked by Long-Lived StormThis illustration shows a cool star, called W1906+40, marked by a raging storm near one of its poles. The storm is th... view image |
sig15-014 11.24.15 Swarm of CometsThis illustration shows a star behind a shattered comet which blocked the light of the star as they passed in front o... view image |
ssc2015-02d 07.30.15 Little Black Spot on the Star TodayThis artist's conception shows the silhouette of a rocky planet, dubbed HD 219134b, as it passes in front of its star... view image |
ssc2015-02a 07.30.15 Hot, Rocky WorldThis artist's rendition shows one possible appearance for the planet HD 219134b, the nearest rocky exoplanet found to... view image |
sig15-009 06.25.15 Hypothetical 'Rejuvenated' PlanetsThis artist's concept shows a hypothetical "rejuvenated" planet -- a gas giant that has reclaimed its youthful infrar... view image |
sig15-008 06.11.15 Helium-Shrouded PlanetsPlanets having atmospheres rich in helium may be common in our galaxy, according to a new theory based on data from N... view image |
sig15-017 06.11.15 How to Make a Helium AtmosphereThis diagram illustrates how hypothetical helium atmospheres might form. These would be on planets about the mass of ... view image |
sig15-007 05.05.15 Volcanic Activity on Super Earth 55 Cancri eThis artists impression of super-Earth 55 Cancri e shows a hot partially-molten surface of the planet before and afte... view image |
sig15-006 04.14.15 Map of Exoplanets Found in Our GalaxyAstronomers have discovered one of the most distant planets known, a gas giant about 13,000 light-years from Earth, c... view image |
sig15-004 04.14.15 Infographic: Finding Planets With MicrolensingThis infographic explains how NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope can be used in tandem with a telescope on the ground to ... view image |
sig14-028 11.10.14 Sibling Star Systems? Dust Structures Suggest SoThis diagram illustrates two similar star systems, HD 95086 and HR 8799. Evidence from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope... view image |
ssc2014-07b1 09.24.14 A Sunny Outlook for 'Weather' on ExoplanetsScientists were excited to discover clear skies on a relatively small planet, about the size of Neptune, using the co... view image |
ssc2014-07b 09.24.14 A Sunny Outlook for 'Weather' on ExoplanetsScientists were excited to discover clear skies on a relatively small planet, about the size of Neptune, using the co... view image |
ssc2014-07a 09.24.14 Seeing Starlight Through a Planet's RimA Neptune-size planet with a clear atmosphere is shown crossing in front of its star in this artist's depiction. Such... view image |
sig14-024 09.09.14 SPLASH Project Fishes for GalaxiesScientists "fish" for galaxies in this playful, digitally altered photo. The researchers are part of a program called... view image |
ssc2014-06a 08.28.14 Building Planets Through CollisionsPlanets, including those like our own Earth, form from epic collisions between asteroids and even bigger bodies, call... view image |
ssc2014-05a 08.27.14 A Cauldron of Star Birth in the Center of a Young GalaxyArtist's impression of a firestorm of star birth deep inside core of young, growing elliptical galaxy. view image |
sig14-021 07.23.14 Gauging an Alien World's SizeUsing data from NASA's Kepler and Spitzer Space Telescopes, scientists have made the most precise measurement ever of... view image |
sig14-019 06.19.14 How to Measure the Size of an AsteroidObservations of infrared light coming from asteroids provide a better estimate of their true sizes than visible-light... view image |
sig14-017 06.19.14 The Spacious Structure of Asteroid 2011 MDObservations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveal new information about the structure of 2011 MD, a small aster... view image |
sig14-018 06.19.14 Solid as a Rock? Porosity of AsteroidsAsteroids can differ in the degree of porosity, or the amount of empty space that makes up their structures. At one e... view image |
sig14-007 05.15.14 Spitzer's Archive of AsteroidsA new software tool lets astronomers quickly comb through existing datasets to recover detections of newly-discovered... view image |
ssc2014-03b 04.25.14 Cold and Close Celestial OrbThis artist's conception shows the object named WISE J085510.83-071442.5, the coldest known brown dwarf. view image |
sig14-005 03.06.14 Loops of Gas and Dust Rise from Planetary DisksMagnetic loops carry gas and dust above disks of planet-forming material circling stars, as shown in this artist's co... view image |
sig14-001 01.07.14 This Just In: Storms Expected on Brown DwarfsThis artist's concept shows what the weather might look like on cool star-like bodies known as brown dwarfs. view image |
ssc2013-08a 09.30.13 Partially Cloudy Skies on Kepler-7bKepler-7b which is 1.5 times the radius of Jupiter is the first exoplanet to have its clouds mapped. view image |
sig13-011 09.24.13 Spitzer Trains Its Eyes on ExoplanetsOver its ten years in space, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has evolved into a premier tool for studying exoplanets. view image |
sig13-008 09.05.13 Free-floating Failed StarThis artist's conception portrays a free-floating brown dwarf, or failed star. view image |
sig13-009 09.05.13 Brown Dwarf BackyardigansThe locations of brown dwarfs discovered by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, and mapped by NASA's... view image |
sig13-006 07.31.13 Dusty Hula Hoop Rings 'Blinking' Stellar DuoIn this artist's impression, a disk of dusty material leftover from star formation girds two young stars like a hula ... view image |
ssc2013-04b 02.07.13 Artist's Impression of Pulsating Object LRLL 54361This is an artist's impression of two young binary stars that may be the source of mysterious clock-like bursts of li... view image |
ssc2013-02a 01.08.13 Rocky Ring of Debris Around VegaThis artist's concept illustrates an asteroid belt around the bright star Vega. view image |
ssc2013-01b 01.08.13 Anatomy of Brown Dwarf's AtmosphereThis artist's illustration shows the atmosphere of a brown dwarf called 2MASSJ22282889-431026, which was observed sim... view image |
ssc2013-01c 01.08.13 Forecast for Exotic WeatherThis artist's conception illustrates the brown dwarf named 2MASSJ22282889-431026. view image |
ssc2013-02b 01.08.13 Vega: Two Belts and the Possibility of PlanetsAstronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the bright star Vega, as illustrated here... view image |
ssc2012-15a 11.01.12 Scenarios for the Evolution of Asteroid BeltsThis illustration shows three possible scenarios for the evolution of asteroid belts. view image |
ssc2012-14b 10.24.12 Spitzer Sees Stray StarlightWhen galaxies grow, they merge and become gravitationally tangled in a violent process that results in streams of sta... view image |
ssc2012-13b 10.03.12 Climbing the Cosmic Distance LadderAstronomers using NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope have greatly improved the cosmic distance ladder used to measure the ... view image |
sig12-010 09.26.12 An Artist's View of the Heart of a QuasarQuasars, as pictured here in this artist's concept, are bright, energetic regions around giant, active black holes in... view image |
ssc2012-11a 07.18.12 Exoplanet is Extremely Hot and Incredibly Close (Artist's Concept)Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is an alien world just two-thirds th... view image |
ssc2012-07c 05.08.12 How to See a Super EarthNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope was able to detect a super Earth's direct light for the first time using its sensitive... view image |
ssc2012-07d 05.08.12 Measuring Infrared BrightnessThis graphic illuminates the process by which astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have for the first tim... view image |
ssc2012-07b 05.08.12 First-of-Its-Kind Glimpse at a Super EarthSuper Earths are exotic planets unlike any in our solar system. They are more massive than Earth yet lighter than gas... view image |
ssc2012-03a 02.22.12 Building a Buckyball Particle in SpaceNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected the solid form of buckyballs in space for the first time. To form a solid... view image |
ssc2012-03b 02.22.12 Stacking Buckyballs in SpaceNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected the solid form of buckyballs in space for the first time. To form a solid... view image |
ssc2011-08a 10.19.11 It's Raining CometsThis artist's conception illustrates a storm of comets around a star near our own, called Eta Corvi. view image |
sig11-013 09.26.11 Earth and Super-EarthThis artists concept contrasts our familiar Earth with the exceptionally strange planet known as 55 Cancri e. While i... view image |
ssc2011-07a 06.30.11 Galaxies Near and FarThis split view shows how a normal spiral galaxy around our local universe (left) might have looked back in the dista... view image |
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