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Ultra-Cool Dwarf Binary

Illustration of an ultra-cool dwarf star with a companion white dwarf. Ace citizen scientist Frank Kiwy used the Astro Data Lab science platform at the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab to discover 34 new ultra-cool dwarf binary systems in the Su...

Keywords: Adobe Photoshop, astrophysics, binary star, Blender 3D, brown dwarf, NOIRLab, pr...

GRB from NS Collision - V2

From a NOIRLab press releases, for which this image was commissioned: 'Astronomers studying a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) with the Gemini South telescope, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, may have detected a never-before-seen way to destroy a star. Un...

Keywords: ... B, jet, molecular clouds, neutron star, NOIRLab, nucleus, outflow, particle, pow ...

Red Giant Destroying Planet - V2

Astronomers at NOIRLab (Tucson, Arizona, USA) have detected what they believe is the first sighting of the destruction of a gas giant planet caused by the expansion of its ageing red giant star. All sun-like stars expand as their nuclear fuel runs ou...

Keywords: Adobe Photoshop, astrophysics, destruction, engulfed, gas giant, NOIRLab, planet...

Quasar Merger

From a NOIRLab press release, for which this image was commissioned. The scene depicts quasars that are poised to merge, after their respective host galaxies have collided. ...

Keywords: ... llision, disc, galaxy, gamma rays, jet, NOIRLab, nucleus, outflow, particle, pow ...

Fast Blue Optical Transient - V1

... ound in intergalactic space, not within a galaxy. Two nearby galaxies are shown. The image was commissioned by scientists at NOIRLab in Tucson. ...

Keywords: ... agalactic, fast blue optical transient, NOIRLab, press release, supernova ...

Fast Blue Optical Transient - V2

... ound in intergalactic space, not within a galaxy. Two nearby galaxies are shown. The image was commissioned by scientists at NOIRLab in Tucson. ...

Keywords: ... agalactic, fast blue optical transient, NOIRLab, press release, supernova ...