ssc2013-04b 02.07.13 Artist's Impression of Pulsating Object LRLL 54361This is an artist's impression of two young binary stars that may be the source of mysterious clock-like bursts of li... view image |
ssc2013-02a 01.08.13 Rocky Ring of Debris Around VegaThis artist's concept illustrates an asteroid belt around the bright star Vega. view image |
ssc2013-02b 01.08.13 Vega: Two Belts and the Possibility of PlanetsAstronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the bright star Vega, as illustrated here... view image |
ssc2013-01c 01.08.13 Forecast for Exotic WeatherThis artist's conception illustrates the brown dwarf named 2MASSJ22282889-431026. view image |
ssc2013-01b 01.08.13 Anatomy of Brown Dwarf's AtmosphereThis artist's illustration shows the atmosphere of a brown dwarf called 2MASSJ22282889-431026, which was observed sim... view image |
ssc2012-15a 11.01.12 Scenarios for the Evolution of Asteroid BeltsThis illustration shows three possible scenarios for the evolution of asteroid belts. view image |
ssc2012-14b 10.24.12 Spitzer Sees Stray StarlightWhen galaxies grow, they merge and become gravitationally tangled in a violent process that results in streams of sta... view image |
ssc2012-13b 10.03.12 Climbing the Cosmic Distance LadderAstronomers using NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope have greatly improved the cosmic distance ladder used to measure the ... view image |
sig12-010 09.26.12 An Artist's View of the Heart of a QuasarQuasars, as pictured here in this artist's concept, are bright, energetic regions around giant, active black holes in... 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 |
ssc2012-07b 05.08.12 First-of-Its-Kind Glimpse at a Super EarthSuper Earths are exotic planets unlike any in our solar system. They are more massive than Earth yet lighter than gas... view image |
ssc2012-07c 05.08.12 How to See a Super EarthNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope was able to detect a super Earth's direct light for the first time using its sensitive... 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 |
ssc2012-03b 02.22.12 Stacking Buckyballs in SpaceNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected the solid form of buckyballs in space for the first time. To form a solid... view image |
ssc2012-03a 02.22.12 Building a Buckyball Particle in SpaceNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected the solid form of buckyballs in space for the first time. To form a solid... view image |
ssc2011-08a 10.19.11 It's Raining CometsThis artist's conception illustrates a storm of comets around a star near our own, called Eta Corvi. 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 |
ssc2011-07a 06.30.11 Galaxies Near and FarThis split view shows how a normal spiral galaxy around our local universe (left) might have looked back in the dista... view image |
ssc2011-06c 05.26.11 Cosmic Fountain of Crystal RainThis graphic illustrates a stellar fountain of crystal rain, beginning with a Spitzer picture of the star in question... 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 |




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