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ssc2020-11a 04.28.20 Black Hole Disk Flare in Galaxy OJ 287This image shows two massive black holes in the OJ 287 galaxy. The smaller black hole orbits the larger one, which is... view image |
ssc2020-09a 04.09.20 Windy Brown DwarfFor the first time, scientists have directly measured wind speed on a brown dwarf, pictured here in an illustration. ... view image |
ssc2018-04b1 02.05.18 TRAPPIST-1 Planet Lineup - Feb. 2018This artist's concept shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about the pla... view image |
ssc2018-04a 02.05.18 Illustration of TRAPPIST-1 Planets as of Feb. 2018This illustration shows the seven Earth-size planets of TRAPPIST-1. The image does not show the planets' orbits to sc... view image |
ssc2018-04d 02.05.18 TRAPPIST-1 Compared to Jovian Moons and Inner Solar System - Feb. 2018All seven planets discovered in orbit around the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 could easily fit inside the orbit of Mercu... view image |
ssc2018-04b2 02.05.18 TRAPPIST-1 Planet Lineup - Feb. 2018 (unannotated)This artist's concept shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about the pla... view image |
ssc2017-16a 11.01.17 Polluted White DwarfThis artist's concept shows an exoplanet and debris disk orbiting a polluted white dwarf. view image |
ssc2017-11a 10.04.17 Dusty Ring Around Boyajians StarThis illustration depicts a hypothetical uneven ring of dust orbitingKIC 8462852, also known as Boyajians Star or Tab... view image |
ssc2017-01a 02.22.17 TRAPPIST-1 Planet LineupThis artist's conception shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about thei... view image |
sig16-20a 11.10.16 Brown Dwarf SystemThis illustration depicts a newly discovered brown dwarf, an object that weighs in somewhere between our solar system... view image |
sig16-011a 06.14.16 Dimming of FU Orionis (Brighter Phase Artist's Concept)The brightness of outbursting star FU Orionis has been slowly fading since its initial flare-up in 1936. Researchers ... view image |
sig16-011 06.14.16 Dimming of FU Orionis (Artist's Concept)The brightness of outbursting star FU Orionis has been slowly fading since its initial flare-up in 1936. Researchers ... view image |
sig16-011b 06.14.16 Dimming of FU Orionis (Fainter Phase Artist's Concept)The brightness of outbursting star FU Orionis has been slowly fading since its initial flare-up in 1936. Researchers ... 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 |
ssc2014-06a 08.28.14 Building Planets Through CollisionsPlanets, including those like our own Earth, form from epic collisions between asteroids and even bigger bodies, call... view image |
ssc2014-03b 04.25.14 Cold and Close Celestial OrbThis artist's conception shows the object named WISE J085510.83-071442.5, the coldest known brown dwarf. view image |
sig14-005 03.06.14 Loops of Gas and Dust Rise from Planetary DisksMagnetic loops carry gas and dust above disks of planet-forming material circling stars, as shown in this artist's co... view image |
sig14-001 01.07.14 This Just In: Storms Expected on Brown DwarfsThis artist's concept shows what the weather might look like on cool star-like bodies known as brown dwarfs. view image |
sig13-009 09.05.13 Brown Dwarf BackyardigansThe locations of brown dwarfs discovered by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, and mapped by NASA's... view image |
sig13-008 09.05.13 Free-floating Failed StarThis artist's conception portrays a free-floating brown dwarf, or failed star. view image |
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