![]() ssc2020-11b 04.29.20 Sizes of Black Holes in Galaxy OJ 287 Relative to the Solar SystemTwo supermassive black holes are locked in an orbital dance at the core of the distant galaxy OJ 287. This diagram sh... view image |
![]() ssc2019-14b 08.19.19 Detecting the Infrared Glow of a Dark WorldThis infographic illustrates how astronomers using NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope observations of the LHS 3844b system... view image |
![]() ssc2018-10a 08.09.18 Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121bThese simulated views of the ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121b show what the planet might look like to the human eye from fi... view image |
![]() ssc2018-04e 02.05.18 Comparing TRAPPIST-1 to the Solar SystemThis graph presents known properties of the seven TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets (labeled b thorugh h), showing how they stack... view image |
![]() ssc2017-01h 02.22.17 The TRAPPIST-1 Habitable ZoneThe TRAPPIST-1 system contains a total of seven planets, all around the size of Earth.Three of them -- TRAPPIST-1e, f... view image |
![]() ssc2017-01e 02.22.17 500 Hours of Spitzer Observations of TRAPPIST-1This data plot shows infrared observations by NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope of a system of seven planets orbiting TRA... 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 |
![]() sig15-005 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 |
![]() 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 |
![]() 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 |
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![]() 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 |