![]() 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 |
![]() ssc2020-11a 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 |
![]() ssc2020-09b 04.09.20 Brown Dwarf ComparisonBrown dwarfs are more massive than planets but not quite as massive as stars. Generally speaking, they have between 1... 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() ssc2020-05c 01.24.20 Spitzer in Space: Infrared Final Voyage (Portrait)This artist's concept depicts NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in space much as it would appear at the end of its missi... view image |
![]() ssc2020-05a 01.24.20 Spitzer in Space: Final VoyageThis artist's concept depicts NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in space much as it would appear to an observer at the e... view image |
![]() ssc2020-05b 01.24.20 Spitzer in Space: Final Voyage (Portrait)This artist's concept depicts NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in space much as it would appear to an observer at the e... view image |
![]() ssc2020-05d 01.24.20 Spitzer in Space: Infrared Final VoyageThis artist's concept depicts NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in space much as it would appear at the end of its missi... view image |
![]() ssc2019-14c 08.19.19 Dark World (Full)This artist's illustration depicts the exoplanet LHS 3844b, which is 1.3 times the mass of Earth and orbits an M dwar... view image |
![]() ssc2019-14a 08.19.19 Dark WorldThis artist's illustration depicts the exoplanet LHS 3844b, which is 1.3 times the mass of Earth and orbits an M dwar... 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 |
![]() ssc2019-09a 06.04.19 Spitzer Final Voyage PosterA poster celebrating Spitzer Final Voyage. On January 30th 2020, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope will complete its mis... view image |
![]() ssc2019-06b 05.08.19 First Galaxy Illustration ApproximationThis artist's illustration shows what one of the very first galaxies in the universe might have looked like. High lev... view image |
![]() ssc2018-08c 06.16.18 TDE observed in Arp299BA diagram showing the components of the TDE observed in Arp299B. view image |
![]() ssc2018-08a 06.15.18 A Tidal Disruption Event in Arp299BAn image of the galaxy Arp299B, which is undergoing a merging process with Arp299A, captured by NASA's Hubble space t... view image |
![]() ssc2018-08b 06.15.18 Black Hole vs. Star: A Tidal Disruption Event (Artist's Concept)An artist's concept of a tidal disruption event (TDE) that happens when a star passes fatally close to a supermassive... view image |
![]() ssc2018-04c 02.05.18 TRAPPIST-1 Planet Data - Feb. 2018This chart shows, on the top row, artist concepts of the seven planets of TRAPPIST-1 with their orbital periods, dist... 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 |