![]() 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 |
![]() sig15-016 12.14.15 Artist's Impression of "Hot Jupiter" ExoplanetsThis image shows an artist's impression of the 10 hot Jupiter exoplanets studied using the Hubble and Spitzer space t... 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() ssc2010-08b 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 |
![]() ssc2010-08a 10.19.10 How to Find a Planetary Hot SpotThis graph of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows how astronomers located a hot spot on a distant gas plan... 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 |
![]() ssc2009-02b 01.28.09 Severe Exoplanetary StormThese computer-generated images chart the development of severe weather patterns on the highly eccentric exoplanet HD... view image |
![]() 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 |
![]() ssc2007-12b 07.11.07 Steaming Hot PlanetScientists have reported the first conclusive discovery of water vapor in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, or a planet... 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 |
![]() ssc2007-12c 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() ssc2007-09b 05.09.07 Blacker than BlackThis artist's concept illustrates the hottest planet yet observed in the Universe. The scorching ball of gas, a "hot ... 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 |
![]() ssc2007-04d 02.21.07 Hot, Dry and Cloudy PlanetThis artist's concept shows a cloudy Jupiter-like planet that orbits very close to its fiery hot star. NASA's Spitzer... 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 |