Pretty Pictures

Pretty pictures are hard when you have a spectrograph!  Here are two COS press releases on observations of hot Jupiters.  On the left, an artist's conception of the disruption of Wasp-12b by it's host star.  On the right, Jimmy Kimmel holds the press release artist's conception of HD209458b and its (possible) comet-like tail.



Hubble's view of the Orion Nebula

Chandra (blue) and optical (red) images of the Crab Nebula


Mimas and Saturn, Cassini Image

Hubble Ultra-Deep Field