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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 |
ssc2018-08a 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 |
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 |
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 |
ssc2011-05b 04.12.11 Gravitational Lensing in ActionThis illustration shows a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, which is used by astronomers to study very dista... view image |
sig10-024 11.24.10 Bent Galactic JetsAstronomers have caught sight of an unusual galaxy that, like a lighthouse, has illuminated new details about a celes... view image |
sig10-022 10.27.10 Buckyballs in SpaceNASAs Spitzer Space Telescope has detected buckyballs - intriguing, miniature-soccer-ball-shaped molecules - in inter... view image |
ssc2010-06b 07.22.10 Space BallsNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has at last found buckyballs in space, as illustrated by this artist's conception show... view image |
ssc2010-03b 03.17.10 Prehistoric Black HoleThis artist's conception illustrates one of the most primitive supermassive black holes known (central black dot) at ... view image |
ssc2008-10a 06.03.08 A Roadmap to the Milky WayLike early explorers mapping the continents of our globe, astronomers are busy charting the spiral structure of our g... view image |
ssc2008-10b 06.03.08 A Roadmap to the Milky Way (Annotated)Like early explorers mapping the continents of our globe, astronomers are busy charting the spiral structure of our g... view image |
ssc2008-01b 01.10.08 Galaxies of all Shapes Host Black HolesThis artist's concept illustrates the two types of spiral galaxies that populate our universe: those with plump middl... view image |
sig07-026 12.14.07 Inner Turmoil of Growing GalaxiesThis artist's rendition illustrates a rare galaxy that is extremely dusty, and produces radio jets. Scientists suspec... view image |
ssc2007-17c 10.25.07 Bursting with Stars and Black HolesA growing black hole, called a quasar, can be seen at the center of a faraway galaxy in this artist's concept. Astron... view image |
ssc2007-16b 10.09.07 Dust in the Quasar WindDusty grains -- including tiny specks of the minerals found in the gemstones peridot, sapphires, and rubies -- can be... view image |
sig07-015 08.16.07 Dust in HellAstronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected dust grains mingling with blazing hot gas at temperatu... view image |
ssc2007-13c 08.06.07 Galactic PileupThis artist's concept shows what the night sky might look like from a hypothetical planet around a star tossed out of... view image |
ssc2007-13c1 08.06.07 Galactic Pileup (no planet)This artist's concept illustrates one of the largest smash-ups of galaxies ever observed. NASA's Spitzer Space Telesc... view image |
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June 11 Stars of Cepheus as Seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope |
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August 22 NASA's Exoplanet Excursions 360 |
