![]() 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() sig14-019 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 |
![]() sig14-018 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() ssc2009-01b 01.05.09 Asteroid 'Bites the Dust' Around Dead StarNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope set its infrared eyes upon the dusty remains of shredded asteroids around several dead... view image |
![]() ssc2008-19a 10.27.08 Epsilon Eridani: Double the RubbleThis artist's conception shows the closest known planetary system to our own, called Epsilon Eridani. Observations fr... view image |
![]() ssc2006-04b 01.11.06 Comet 'Bites the Dust' Around Dead StarThis artist's concept illustrates a comet being torn to shreds around a white dwarf called G29-38. NASA's Spitzer Spa... view image |
![]() ssc2005-18c 09.07.05 Ingredients of a CometAstronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Deep Impact mission are putting together a recipe ... view image |
![]() ssc2005-18b 09.07.05 How to Make Comet SoupHungry for a comet? Perhaps not, but astronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Deep Impact m... view image |
![]() ssc2005-18a 09.07.05 Tempel 1's Secret Ingredients RevealedThis graph shows the two spectra acquired by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope before (middle) and after (bottom) it obs... view image |
![]() ssc2005-13a 06.02.05 Space Eyes See Comet Tempel 1These artist's concepts of Tempel 1 simulate an optical view of the comet (left), next to the simulated infrared view... view image |
![]() ssc2005-10a 04.20.05 Super-Comet or Big Asteroid BeltThis graph of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope demonstrates that the dust around a nearby star called HD 6983... view image |
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![]() ssc2004-05b 03.15.04 Artist's Conception of SednaArtist's conception of Sedna, a planet-like object so far away that the Sun appears as an extremely bright star inste... view image |
![]() ssc2004-05c 03.15.04 Size ComparisonsThe artist's rendition shows the newly discovered planet-like object, dubbed "Sedna," in relation to other bodies in ... view image |
![]() ssc2004-05e 03.15.04 Sedna's Night Sky LocationThis shows where the newly discovered planet-like body, dubbed "Sedna," would lie in the evening skies at around 8:00... view image |
![]() ssc2004-05d 03.15.04 Orbit ComparisonsThese four panels show the location of the newly discovered planet-like object, dubbed "Sedna," which lies in the far... view image |