PIX4584811: Formation of a micro hole black - Microscopic black holes. Artwork. - Artist's view of the formation of a microscopic black hole following the collision of very high energy waves. Microscopic black holes might be formed by the collision of high-energy wave packets. They would last for only fractions of a second before dissolving in a burst of quarks and gamma rays, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4573697: 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 of 0 to 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., Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4573975: Super Terre - Orbital view of a Super - Earth - A red dwarf star emerge behind the limbe of a habitable exoplanet. The planet, a Super Earth is about twice as big as the Earth. Another planet is visible, in transit in front of the star. A red dwarf star emerges from behind the limb of a planet twice earth's size orbiting in the star's narrow habitable zone. An inner planet transits the sun's disk, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4571579: In the cloud of Oort - Illustration - Inside the Oort cloud - Illustration - The cloud of Oort is a vast body envelope orbiting well beyond the orbit of the planets of the solar system. Comets would come from that cloud. The Oort Cloud is a huge spherical cloud surrounding our Solar System. Extending about 30 trillion kilometers (18 trillion miles) from the Sun, it was first proposed in 1950 by Dutch astronomer Jan Oort. The vast distance of the Oort cloud is considered to be the outer edge of the Solar System where the Sun's influence ends. It contains billions of icy bodies and seems to be the birth place of comets, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4624441: Parhelie sur Pluto - Artist's view - Parhelie sur Pluto - Artist's view - Artist's view of the icy surface of Pluto and the Sun. When Pluto is at its perihelie, that is to say the closest to the Sun, it has a very fine atmosphere. Some optical phenomena could then occur as here, a parhely, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4633504: The capture of the Moon - Moon capture theory - Infographic showing the different processes of capturing a satellite by a planet. At the top, the developing planetary halo of gas slows down and captures a passing Celestial body. In the middle, the sphere of gravitational influence of the planet develops and attracts a celestial body. At the bottom, interactions between passing asteroids can cause one to remain in orbit around a planet. Infographic shows processes for planet to aquire a satellite. A developing planet's halo of gas expands to capture a passing body (top). Its gravitational sphere of influence expands as well (middle). Interactions between passing asteroids may cause one to fall into orbit (bottom), Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4606094: Huygens probe lands on Titan. - Huygens probe lands on Titan. - Artist's view of the descent of the European probe Huygens on Titan. Huygens landed on the Titan satellite on 14 January 2005. The Cassini-Huygens probe was launched on 15 October 1997 and has been placed in orbit around Saturn since 1 July 200, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4607392: Artist's view of a space probe exploring the underground ocean of Europe. - Artist's view of a space probe exploring the underground ocean of Europe. - Artist's view of a space probe exploring the underground ocean of Europe. Ice covers the surface of this Jupiter satellite; it is believed that under the tens of km thick of this ice, water in the liquid state could exist, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4640403: Artist view of a spaceship near an exoplanet - Spacecraft over an exoplanet - Artist view - Artist view of a spaceship approaching an extrasolar planet of Earth type orbiting Nemesis, the hypothetical star companion of the Sun. Artist's view for Isaac Asimov's novel, Nemesis. A starship orbits a world of Barnard's star Nemesis, the hypothetical red dwarf brown dwarf star orbiting the Sun. Cover illustration for the novel of Isaac Asimov “” Nemesis””, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4640469: Artist's view of a supernova explosion threatening spacecraft - Starships threatened by a supernova explosion - Artist's view of the explosion of a supernova threatening spacecraft. Cover illustration of Michael McCollum's novel “Antares Dawn”. Antares Dawn - cover for novel by Michael McCollum, a starship hovers against the backdrop of the exploding red giant Antares, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images