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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 |
ssc2020-04a 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 |
ssc2020-04b 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 |
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 |
ssc2017-01i 02.22.17 The Discovery of TRAPPIST-1 PlanetsThe first observations of the TRAPPIST-1 system reported in 2016 revealed three planets orbiting a small, red-dwarf s... 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 |
ssc2014-07b1 09.24.14 A Sunny Outlook for 'Weather' on ExoplanetsScientists were excited to discover clear skies on a relatively small planet, about the size of Neptune, using the co... view image |
ssc2014-07a 09.24.14 Seeing Starlight Through a Planet's RimA Neptune-size planet with a clear atmosphere is shown crossing in front of its star in this artist's depiction. Such... 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 |
ssc2014-07b 09.24.14 A Sunny Outlook for 'Weather' on ExoplanetsScientists were excited to discover clear skies on a relatively small planet, about the size of Neptune, using the co... view image |
ssc2013-08a 09.30.13 Partially Cloudy Skies on Kepler-7bKepler-7b which is 1.5 times the radius of Jupiter is the first exoplanet to have its clouds mapped. 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 |
ssc2010-10b 12.08.10 Hot, Carbon-Rich PlanetThis artist's concept shows the searing-hot gas planet WASP-12b (orange orb) and its star. 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 |
ssc2010-08b 10.19.10 Planetary Hot Spot Not Under the Glare of StarNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found that the hottest part of a distant planet, named upsilon Andromedae b, is no... 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 |
ssc2010-05b 04.21.10 Exotic ExoplanetAn unusual, methane-free world is partially eclipsed by its star in this artist's concept. view image |
feature09-12a 10.20.09 Exotic AtmospheresThe basic chemistry for life has been detected in a second hot gas planet, HD 209458b, depicted in this artist's conc... view image |
ssc2009-19b 10.06.09 The King of RingsThis diagram illustrates the extent of the largest ring around Saturn, discovered by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. ... view image |
ssc2009-19c 10.06.09 Artist's Rendering of Saturn's Infrared RingThis artist's conception shows a nearly invisible ring around Saturn -- the largest of the giant planet's many rings.... view image |
ssc2009-19a 10.06.09 Infrared Ring Around SaturnThis diagram highlights a slice of Saturn's largest ring. The ring (red band in inset photo) was discovered by NASA's... view image |
ssc2009-02a 01.28.09 Exoplanet HD 80606b Infrared Light CurveThis figure charts 30 hours of observations taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope of a strongly irradiated exoplane... view image |
ssc2009-02b 01.28.09 Severe Exoplanetary StormThese computer-generated images chart the development of severe weather patterns on the highly eccentric exoplanet HD... view image |
ssc2008-19a 10.27.08 Epsilon Eridani: Double the RubbleThis artist's conception shows the closest known planetary system to our own, called Epsilon Eridani. Observations fr... view image |
ssc2007-12c 07.11.07 Steaming Hot Planet in InfraredScientists have reported the first conclusive discovery of water vapor in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, or a planet... view image |
ssc2007-12b 07.11.07 Steaming Hot PlanetScientists have reported the first conclusive discovery of water vapor in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, or a planet... view image |
ssc2007-09b 05.09.07 Blacker than BlackThis artist's concept illustrates the hottest planet yet observed in the Universe. The scorching ball of gas, a "hot ... view image |
ssc2007-04c 02.21.07 Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds: An Exoplanet AtmosphereThis infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope called a spectrum tells astronomers that a distant gas plane... view image |
ssc2007-04a 02.21.07 Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds: Atmosphere of Planet HD209458bThis infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope called a spectrum tells astronomers that a distant gas plane... view image |
ssc2007-04b 02.21.07 Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds: an Exoplanet AtmosphereThis infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope called a spectrum tells astronomers that a distant gas plane... view image |
ssc2007-04e 02.21.07 Isolating a Planet's SpectrumThis diagram illustrates how astronomers can capture the elusive spectra of hot-Jupiter planets by comparing observat... view image |
ssc2007-04d 02.21.07 Hot, Dry and Cloudy PlanetThis artist's concept shows a cloudy Jupiter-like planet that orbits very close to its fiery hot star. NASA's Spitzer... view image |
ssc2007-02a 01.08.07 Gas Giants Form QuicklyThis is an artist's concept of a hypothetical 10-million-year-old star system. The bright blur at the center is a sta... view image |
ssc2006-18b 10.12.06 Exotic World Blisters Under the SunThis artist's concept shows a Jupiter-like planet, called Upsilon Andromedae b, soaking up the scorching rays of its ... view image |
ssc2006-18a 10.12.06 The Light and Dark Sides of a Distant PlanetThe top graph consists of infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. It tells astronomers that a distant plan... view image |
sig06-022 09.18.06 Brown Dwarf CompanionThis is an artist's concept of the star HD 3651 as it is orbited by a close-in Saturn-mass planetary companion and th... view image |
ssc2005-09a 03.22.05 The Language of Planetary LightThis graph of data from NASA's Spitzer Space telescope shows changes in the infrared light output of two star-planet ... view image |
ssc2005-09b 03.22.05 Blinded by the LightThis artist's concept shows what a fiery hot star and its close-knit planetary companion might look close up if viewe... view image |
ssc2004-08d 05.27.04 Out of the Dust, A Planet is BornA possible newfound planet spins through a clearing in a nearby star's dusty, planet-forming disk. The possible plane... view image |
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