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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 |
ssc2019-14b 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 |
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 |
ssc2018-10a 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 |
ssc2018-08c 06.16.18 TDE observed in Arp299BA diagram showing the components of the TDE observed in Arp299B. 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 |
ssc2018-08a 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 |
ssc2018-04d 02.05.18 TRAPPIST-1 Compared to Jovian Moons and Inner Solar System - Feb. 2018All seven planets discovered in orbit around the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 could easily fit inside the orbit of Mercu... view image |
ssc2018-04b2 02.05.18 TRAPPIST-1 Planet Lineup - Feb. 2018 (unannotated)This artist's concept shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about the pla... 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 |
ssc2018-04b1 02.05.18 TRAPPIST-1 Planet Lineup - Feb. 2018This artist's concept shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about the pla... 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 |
ssc2018-04e 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 |
ssc2018-03a 01.22.18 "Wrong-way" Winds on CoRoT-2bThis illustration depicts the strange case of the backwards hotspot researchers have found on the hot exoplanet known... view image |
ssc2017-18a 11.29.17 WASP-18b Artist's ConceptWASP-18b is an exoplanet located 325 light-years from Earth. The planet's mass is 10 times that of Jupiter, and it or... view image |
ssc2017-17a 11.16.17 55 Cancri e with AtmosphereThe super-Earth exoplanet 55 Cancri e, depicted with its star in this artist's concept, likely has an atmosphere thic... view image |
ssc2017-16a 11.01.17 Polluted White DwarfThis artist's concept shows an exoplanet and debris disk orbiting a polluted white dwarf. view image |
ssc2017-15a 10.30.17 Starburst ChartOver their individual histories, the vast majority of galaxies are thought to produce stars at relatively slow rates.... view image |
ssc2017-12a 10.11.17 Giant Exoplanet and Debris DiskThis artist's rendering shows a large exoplanet causing small bodies to collide in a disk of dust. view image |
ssc2017-11a 10.04.17 Dusty Ring Around Boyajians StarThis illustration depicts a hypothetical uneven ring of dust orbitingKIC 8462852, also known as Boyajians Star or Tab... view image |
ssc2017-10a 08.17.17 Brown Dwarf WeatherThis artist's concept shows a brown dwarf with bands of clouds, thought to resemble those seen on Neptune and the oth... view image |
ssc2017-09a 08.11.17 TRAPPIST-1 System - Artist ConceptThis illustration shows what the TRAPPIST-1 system might look like from a vantage point near planet TRAPPIST-1f. view image |
ssc2017-07a 05.25.17 Massive Star Goes Out With a Whimper Instead of a Bang (Artist's Concept)Every second a star somewhere out in the universe explodes as a supernova. But some extremely massive stars go out wi... view image |
ssc2017-06a 05.11.17 Warm Neptune HAT-P-26bThe atmosphere of the distant "warm Neptune" HAT-P-26b, illustrated here, is unexpectedly primitive, composed primari... view image |
ssc2017-03a 04.26.17 Iceball Planet Artist's ConceptThis artist's concept shows OGLE-2016-BLG-1195Lb, a planet discovered through a technique called microlensing. The pl... 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 |
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 |
ssc2017-01g 02.22.17 TRAPPIST-1 Comparison to Solar System and Jovian MoonsAll seven planets discovered in orbit around the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 could easily fit inside the orbit of Mercu... view image |
ssc2017-01f 02.22.17 TRAPPIST-1 Statistics TableThis chart shows, on the top row, artist conceptions of the seven planets of TRAPPIST-1 with their orbital periods, d... 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 |
ssc2017-01a 02.22.17 TRAPPIST-1 Planet LineupThis artist's conception shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about thei... view image |
ssc2017-01d 02.22.17 Transit Illustration of TRAPPIST-1This illustration shows the seven TRAPPIST-1 planets as they might look as viewed from Earth using a fictional, incre... view image |
ssc2017-01c 02.22.17 Surface of TRAPPIST-1fImagine standing on the surface of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1f. This artist's concept is one interpretation of what it ... view image |
ssc2017-01b 02.21.17 Abstract Concept of TRAPPIST-1 SystemThe TRAPPIST-1 star, an ultra-cool dwarf, has seven Earth-size planets orbiting it. This artist's concept appeared on... view image |
sig16-20a 11.10.16 Brown Dwarf SystemThis illustration depicts a newly discovered brown dwarf, an object that weighs in somewhere between our solar system... view image |
sig16-13 08.26.16 Spitzer's JourneyThis diagram shows how the different phases of Spitzers mission relate to its location relative to the Earth over time. view image |
sig16-14 08.26.16 Spitzer BeyondThis artist's concept shows NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Spitzer begins its "Beyond" mission phase on Oct. 1, 2016... view image |
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August 19 Dark World Animation |
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August 19 Dark World Animation Annotated |
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June 11 Spitzer Final Voyage |
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June 11 Stars of Cepheus as Seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope |
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August 22 NASA's Exoplanet Excursions 360 |
