![]() 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 |
![]() ssc2020-04a 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 |
![]() ssc2020-04b 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() sig11-004 05.23.11 Kepler-10 Stellar Family PortraitThis artist's conception depicts the Kepler-10 star system, located about 560 light-years away near the Cygnus and Ly... view image |
![]() ssc2010-10b 12.08.10 Hot, Carbon-Rich PlanetThis artist's concept shows the searing-hot gas planet WASP-12b (orange orb) and its star. view image |
![]() ssc2010-08b 10.19.10 Planetary Hot Spot Not Under the Glare of StarNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found that the hottest part of a distant planet, named upsilon Andromedae b, is no... view image |
![]() ssc2010-05b 04.21.10 Exotic ExoplanetAn unusual, methane-free world is partially eclipsed by its star in this artist's concept. view image |
![]() feature09-12a 10.20.09 Exotic AtmospheresThe basic chemistry for life has been detected in a second hot gas planet, HD 209458b, depicted in this artist's conc... view image |
![]() ssc2009-19c 10.06.09 Artist's Rendering of Saturn's Infrared RingThis artist's conception shows a nearly invisible ring around Saturn -- the largest of the giant planet's many rings.... view image |
![]() ssc2009-19a 10.06.09 Infrared Ring Around SaturnThis diagram highlights a slice of Saturn's largest ring. The ring (red band in inset photo) was discovered by NASA's... view image |
![]() ssc2009-19b 10.06.09 The King of RingsThis diagram illustrates the extent of the largest ring around Saturn, discovered by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. ... 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 |
![]() ssc2007-12c 07.11.07 Steaming Hot Planet in InfraredScientists have reported the first conclusive discovery of water vapor in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, or a planet... view image |