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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 |
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 |
ssc2015-02b 07.30.15 Infrared Light Curve for Transiting Exoplanet HD 219134bThis plot captures the nearest known rocky exoplanet, dubbed HD 219134b, in the act of passing in front of its star. ... 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 |
ssc2014-07c 09.24.14 Transmission Spectrum of HAT-P-11bA plot of the transmission spectrum for exoplanet HAT-P-11b, with data from NASA's Kepler, Hubble and Spitzer observa... 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 |
ssc2012-07d 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 |
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 |
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 |
ssc2010-10a 12.08.10 Signature of a Carbon-Rich PlanetThis plot of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope indicates the presence of molecules in the planet WASP-12b -- a... 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 |
ssc2010-05b 04.21.10 Exotic ExoplanetAn unusual, methane-free world is partially eclipsed by its star in this artist's concept. view image |
ssc2010-05a 04.21.10 How to Measure Exoplanet LightThese plots from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show light from a distant planet, GJ 436b, and its star, as measured ... 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 |
ssc2009-02a 01.28.09 Exoplanet HD 80606b Infrared Light CurveThis figure charts 30 hours of observations taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope of a strongly irradiated exoplane... view image |
ssc2009-02b 01.28.09 Severe Exoplanetary StormThese computer-generated images chart the development of severe weather patterns on the highly eccentric exoplanet HD... view image |
ssc2007-12a 07.11.07 Exoplanet Forecast: Hot and WetThis plot of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells astronomers that a toasty gas exoplanet, or a planet beyo... view image |
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