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This section is concerned with infographics - artworks whose purpose is to explain. Illustrations such as these are great for comparing the relative sizes of stars; they allow us to peak inside the core of a planet and see what makes it tick; or perhaps they might explain the workings of a pulsar or other astronomical phenomenon.

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Geosciences (Mar 2024)
Geosciences (Mar 2024)
Artwork depicting the various disciplines involved in the field of Geosciences. A section is shown through the Earth and various features are shown, such as oceanography, climatology, seismology, tectonics and volcanology. ...Read more.
Geosciences - No Labels (Mar 2024)
Geosciences - No Labels (Mar 2024)
Artwork depicting the various disciplines involved in the field of Geosciences. A section is shown through the Earth and various features are shown, such as oceanography, climatology, seismology, tectonics and volcanology. ...Read more.
Evolution of Mars - V1 (Feb 2024)
Evolution of Mars - V1 (Feb 2024)
Illustration showing the evolution of the interior of the planet Mars. At the start of the sequence (left) Mars has a silicate magma ocean (orange) and metallic core (yellow). The second panel shows the core has evolved into a solid inner core and a larger outer one, still liquid. Meanwhile, olivine ...Read more.
Evolution of Mars - V2 (Feb 2024)
Evolution of Mars - V2 (Feb 2024)
Illustration showing the evolution of the interior of the planet Mars. At the start of the sequence (left) Mars has a silicate magma ocean (orange) and metallic core (yellow). The second panel shows the core has evolved into a solid inner core and a larger outer one, still liquid. Meanwhile, olivine ...Read more.
Evolution of Mars - V3 (Feb 2024)
Evolution of Mars - V3 (Feb 2024)
Illustration showing the evolution of the interior of the planet Mars. At the start of the sequence (left) Mars has a silicate magma ocean (orange) and metallic core (yellow). The second panel shows the core has evolved into a solid inner core and a larger outer one, still liquid. Meanwhile, olivine ...Read more.
Black Hole Anatomy (Oct 2023)
Black Hole Anatomy (Oct 2023)
Anatomy of a black hole showing the accretion disc, jets, ergosphere, inner and outer event horizons, static limit and singularity. ...Read more.
Solar System and Oort Cloud (Oct 2023)
Solar System and Oort Cloud (Oct 2023)
The Oort cloud is a vast, spherical region of space thought to surround the Sun, with a radius measured in thousands of astronomical units (1 AU being the Earth-Sun distance). Evidence for it comes from the orbits of long-period comets, which seem to hail from a great distance from the Solar System. ...Read more.
Sun Compared to Largest Star - Labelled (Jun 2022)
Sun Compared to Largest Star - Labelled (Jun 2022)
Diagram comparing the Sun with Stephenson 2-18. The latter is the current contender for the largest known star, a red hypergiant some 2150 times the diameter of the Sun. The Sun can fit into it 10 billion times! ...Read more.
Travelling Towards Orion (Feb 2022)
Travelling Towards Orion (Feb 2022)
Animation showing the 3D distribution of the stars in Orion, and how the constellation changes its appearance as we travel towards it. We see the constellation of Orion as just a 2D projection on the night sky, and it is easy to imagine that all the stars are at the same distance from us. But, as th ...Read more.
Earth Then and Now (Feb 2022)
Earth Then and Now (Feb 2022)
Illustration conceptualizing the formation of the Moon. The left side shows a collision between the early Earth and a smaller rocky protoplanet about the size of modern-day Mars. The right shows the Earth and Moon today. ...Read more.
Earth Past and Present (Nov 2021)
Earth Past and Present (Nov 2021)
Artwork showing the Earth now (right) compared to how it might have looked around 2.4 billion years ago, before the great oxygenation event. The continents back there bear no resemblance to their modern counterparts; the atmosphere would have been thicker. ...Read more.
Solar System - V10 (Oct 2021)
Solar System - V10 (Oct 2021)
Artwork of the Solar System, showing the paths of the eight major planets as they orbit the Sun, as well as Pluto and Eris, which are dwarf planets. The four inner planets are, from inner to outer, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. The four outer planets are, inner to outer, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus an ...Read more.
Big Bang to Present - V3 (Oct 2021)
Big Bang to Present - V3 (Oct 2021)
Stages in the history of the Universe after the Big Bang. At 300,000 years, matter and radiation decouple, and the Universe becomes transparent for the first time. The first galaxies form at around 300 million years after the Big Bang, but the exact time period is uncertain. At an age of 9 billion y ...Read more.
Big Bang to Present - V2a (Oct 2021)
Big Bang to Present - V2a (Oct 2021)
Stages in the history of the Universe after the Big Bang. At 300,000 years, matter and radiation decouple, and the Universe becomes transparent for the first time. The first galaxies form at around 300 million years after the Big Bang, but the exact time period is uncertain. At an age of 9 billion y ...Read more.
Big Bang to Present - V2b (Oct 2021)
Big Bang to Present - V2b (Oct 2021)
Stages in the history of the Universe after the Big Bang. At 300,000 years, matter and radiation decouple, and the Universe becomes transparent for the first time. The first galaxies form at around 300 million years after the Big Bang, but the exact time period is uncertain. At an age of 9 billion y ...Read more.
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