PIX4638236: Galactic atmosphere - Artist view - Galactic atmosphere - Artist view - Artist view - Artist view of the “atmosphere” of our galaxy or gas arches elevent from the galactic plane pushed by currents created by supernovae explosions. Even the galaxy has a kind of weather, in which fountains of tenous gas arch high above the galactic plain through vents blasted by supernova explosions, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4607548: Object of Thorne-Zytkow - Artist's view - Thorne-Zytkow object - Artwork: An object of Thorne-Zytkow is a star shaped like a red supergiant star whose heart is occupied by a neutron star. A Thorne- ytkow object is a conjectured type of star wherein a red giant or supergiant contains a neutron star at its core, formed from the collision of the giant with the neutron star. Such objects were hypothesized by Kip Thorne and Anna ytkow in 1977, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4607486: Interstellar nuclear propulsion ship - Artist's view - Starship nuclear pulsed - Artist view - A spaceship declines its nuclear propulsion mode as it passes the hidden face of the Moon. This huge ship is essentially food and fuel reserves could reach the nearest star, Alpha of the Centaur, in less than 50 years. Inspired by the Daedalus project. An interstellar ship ignites its nuclear pulse rocket engine over the farside of the moon. The 10 - kilometer - long vessel consists mostly of fuel and other consumables. After 10 years, it will have achieved 10 percent the speed of light, making possible a voyage to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri, in 50 years, when some of the original voyagers might still be alive, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4584542: Black hole in the center of the galaxy - Artist view - Black hole in the galaxy's center - Artist view - Artist view from the black hole in the center of the galaxy. Clouds of gas and dust swirl into the black hole at the core of the Milky Way galaxy, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4584082: Collision de deux asteroides- Vue d'artiste - Asteroid collision - Artist view - A large asteroid is struck by a smaller one. Since both bodies are porous, most of the energy is absorbed as heat, rather than dispersed with ejecta, thus explaining the internal melting of asteroids, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4633495: The Moon barely formed seen from the Earth - Illustration - The Moon barely formed seen from the Earth - Illustration - The Moon would be born from the impact of a big asteroid on Earth. The material ejected during this collision would have combined to form the Earth's satellite. This artist's view shows the Moon seen from Earth with a ring of ejectees in its orbit, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4634248: The Universe in a Hand - Artist's View - Universe in Hand: Artist's view representing the universe measuring only 10 centimetres in diameter before inflation. The universe is shown when it was only 10 centimeters in diameter, 10 ^ -32 seconds after the Big Bang., Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4630295: The formation of the Solar System - Artist view - Forming solar system - Artist view - Artist view of the gas and dust disc (protoplanetary disc) around the Sun. Little by little rocks will gather, accrete, to form planets. Planetesimals - the seeds of planets crash together in the solar nebula, gradually growing larger, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4605677: Pioneer 11 and Saturn - Artist's View - Pioneer 11 Saturn flyby - Artist view - Pioneer 11 was launched on April 5, 1973 with as its first destination the planet Jupiter, which it flew over in December 1974; it was the first probe to fly over Saturn in September 1979. The Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 probes have embarked on a plate, called the Pioneer plate, containing a message intended for potential aliens. The Pioneer 11 probe flys past Satur, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4572829: Artist view of a magnetar - Magnetar - Artist view - Artist view of an eruption of X-rays and gamma from a magnetar, a neutron star endowed with a powerful magnetic field. Artist's concept of a burst of X - rays and gamma released by a magnetar, a neutron star with an extremely powerful magnetic field, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4573686: Artist's view of the exoplanet Gliese 581c. - Artist's view of the exoplanet Gliese 581c. Gliese 581c, with a radius of 1.5 times that of the Earth, is the first exoplanet gathering the necessary elements to imagine the existence of a possible extra-terrestrial life. With a mass of 5 times that of the Earth, an average temperature between 0 and 40* C, this exoplanet rotates around its star in just thirteen days and is located 14 times closer to its star than the Earth is to the Sun. But this star, Gliese 581, is a red dwarf, a star much smaller and less luminous than the Sun, so the position of this exoplanet is ideal for allowing the presence of water in liquid form on its surface, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4571550: A laser shot attempts to deflect a comet nucleus - Illustration - High - powered laser to deflect a comet nucleus - Illustration - A powerful laser pulls from Earth's orbit, tries to deflect a threatening comet. A high - powered laser in earth orbit blasts surface material from an approaching comet nucleus in an effort to deflect it, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images