About This Work

About "Evaporating Molten Planet"

This is an artwork of a molten, rocky exoplanet that orbits so close to its star that its atmosphere is being stripped away by the star's fierce ultraviolet flux. Created for astronomer Tim Lichtenberg at the University of Groningen; Netherlands.

Details

Title: Evaporating Molten Planet

Category: Exoplanets, Stars & Nebulae

Date: April 2025

Client: University of Groningen

Medium: Blender, Photoshop

Keywords: Adobe Photoshop astrophysics atmosphere atmospheric loss Blender escaping evaporating exoplanet extrasolar planet magma planet molten planet tail Tim Lichtenberg University of Groningen

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