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sig16-010 04.26.16 Light Echo DiagramAstronomers can use light echoes to measure the distance from a star to its surrounding protoplanetary disk. This dia... view image |
ssc2016-01a 03.30.16 Hot N' Hotter Planet Measured by SpitzerThe varying brightness of an exoplanet called 55 Cancri e is shown in this plot of infrared data captured by NASA's S... view image |
sig16-006 03.28.16 HD 80606b Light CurveAstronomers watched an exoplanet called HD 80606b heat up and cool off during its sizzling-hot orbit around its star.... view image |
sig16-007 03.28.16 Simulated Atmosphere of a Hot Gas GiantThe turbulent atmosphere of a hot, gaseous planet known as HD 80606b is shown in this simulation based on data from N... 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 |
sig15-009 06.11.15 How to Make a Helium AtmosphereThis diagram illustrates how hypothetical helium atmospheres might form. These would be on planets about the mass of ... view image |
sig15-005 04.14.15 Time Delay in Microlensing EventThis plot shows data obtained from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment, o... view image |
sig14-028 11.10.14 Sibling Star Systems? Dust Structures Suggest SoThis diagram illustrates two similar star systems, HD 95086 and HR 8799. Evidence from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope... 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 |
ssc2014-06b 08.28.14 Witnessing a Planetary WreckageAstronomers were surprised to see these data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in January 2013, showing a huge erup... view image |
ssc2014-03c 04.25.14 Welcome to the Sun's NeighborhoodThis diagram illustrates the locations of the star systems closest to the sun. The year when the distance to each sys... view image |
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ssc2012-13a 10.03.12 Cepheids as Cosmology ToolsThis graph illustrates the Cepheid period-luminosity relationship, which scientists use to calculate the size, age an... view image |
ssc2012-07a 05.07.12 Magician of a Planet Disappears to Reveal ItselfThis plot of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals the light from a "super Earth" called 55 Cancri e. The ... view image |
ssc2011-06b 05.26.11 Finding Forsterite Around a Developing StarUsing NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have, for the first time, found signatures of silicate crystals aro... 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 |
ssc2010-08a 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 |
ssc2010-07a 08.23.10 Spectral Signatures of Planetary DoomThis plot of data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells astronomers that a dusty planetary smashup probably occur... view image |
ssc2010-06a 07.22.10 Jiggling Soccer-Ball Molecules in SpaceThese data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show the signatures of buckyballs in space. 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 |
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September 28 The Frontier Fields: Where Primordial Galaxies Lurk |
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September 21 'Milky Way Project' Relaunches Citizen Science Website |
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September 8 'Enterprise' Nebulae Seen by Spitzer |
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August 29 NASA Team Probes Peculiar Age-Defying Star |
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August 25 Spitzer Space Telescope Begins 'Beyond' Phase |
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September 8 'Enterprise' Nebulae Seen by Spitzer Space Telescope (annotated) |
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September 8 'Enterprise' Nebulae Seen by Spitzer Space Telescope |
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August 26 Spitzer Beyond |
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March 30 Possible Lava World (Animation) |
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March 28 The Wild Temperature Swings of an Exoplanet |
