![]() ssc2015-02c 07.30.15 Location of Nearest Rocky Exoplanet KnownThis sky map shows the location of the star HD 219134, host to the nearest confirmed rocky planet found to date outsi... 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 |
![]() ssc2014-07c 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() ssc2010-05a 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() ssc2007-09a 05.09.07 First Map of an Alien WorldThis is the first-ever map of the surface of an exoplanet, or a planet beyond our solar system. The map, which shows ... view image |
![]() ssc2007-04c 02.21.07 Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds: An Exoplanet AtmosphereThis infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope called a spectrum tells astronomers that a distant gas plane... view image |
![]() ssc2007-04b 02.21.07 Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds: an Exoplanet AtmosphereThis infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope called a spectrum tells astronomers that a distant gas plane... view image |
![]() ssc2005-09a 03.22.05 The Language of Planetary LightThis graph of data from NASA's Spitzer Space telescope shows changes in the infrared light output of two star-planet ... view image |