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
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
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
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
PIX4640148: Space elevator - Artist view - Space elevator - Artist view - Elevator project connects to a space station in geostationary orbit. An elevator made of unimaginably strong materials rises 22,000 miles above the equator, providing easy access to space, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4640543: Interstellar ship - Artist's view - starship arrives alpha centauri - An interstellar ship arrives in orbit around an exoplanet, after a 50-year journey to the Alpha star of the Centaurus. The bright star under the exoplanet is our Sun, a distance of 4.3 years of light. A habitat two miles across arrives to orbit a hypothetical earthlike planet orbiting the star Alpha Centauri after a 50 - year voyage. The discarded braking stage of the giant starship drifts in the far background. The bright star below the planet is our sun, 4.3 light years away, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645492: Artist view showing the Hubble Space Telescope realising the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. - Artist view showing the Hubble Space Telescope realising the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. - Artist view showing the Hubble Space Telescope realising the Hubble Ultra Deep Field., Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645711: Satellite HDST and Starshade - High Definition Space Telescope with starshade: High Definition Space Telescope (HDST) is an observation satellite project. Located at the point of Lagrange 2, this satellite equipped with a 12-metre mirror would offer images of the universe 24 times more accurate than those obtained by the Hubble space telescope. It could be accompanied by a blackout (starshade), places in space a long distance from it to block the light of a star in order to observe its exoplanets. The High Definition Space Telescope is almost twice the size of a tennis court. By using a football-field-sized shade to block the light from distant stars, the HDST could directly observe exoplanets;, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images