Close-Up, Extrasolar Planet Orbiting Star

Artist's Illustration – Evaporating Planet HD 209458b

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have observed for the first time the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system evaporating into space. This artist's illustration shows a dramatic close-up of the scorched extrasolar planet HD 209458b in its orbit only 4...

Location of Star HD 209458 (Annotated)

The parent star of transiting planet HD 209458b is called HD 209458. It is similar to our Sun and lies 150 light-years from Earth. The star is visible with binoculars as a seventh magnitude star in the constellation Pegasus. This is a a 1.9 x 1.9 degree three-color composite...

Location of Star HD 209458

The parent star of transiting planet HD 209458b is called HD 209458. It is similar to our Sun and lies 150 light-years from Earth. The star is visible with binoculars as a seventh magnitude star in the constellation Pegasus. This is a a 1.9 x 1.9 degree three-color composite...

Video News Release: European Astronomers Observe First Evaporating Planet

STScI PR03-08 Video News Release European Astronomers Observe First Evaporating Planet [Earth animations, 0:00-0:15] The Earth - the planet on which we live. It orbits around our star, the Sun, at a safe distance of 150 million kilometres. But not all planets are so...

Hubble Observing Sky, Digitized Sky Survey and Location of Parent Star HD 209458

Hubble Space Telescope observes the constellation Pegasus; 2.5 degree field from the ground-based Digitized Sky Survey 2; zoom up centered on parent planet HD 209458.

Parent Star HD 209458

Zoom in on searing surface of parent star HD 209458.

Close-Up of Parent Star HD 209458

Zoom in on parent star HD 2089458, scorching hot gas streams up.

Extrasolar Planet Orbiting Parent Star

Extrasolar planet HD 209458b orbiting parent star with comet-like gas tail.

Extrasolar Planet Transit from 1999

Extrasolar planet HD 209458b transits its parent star in 1999.

Extrasolar Planet with Comet-Like Tail Orbiting Star

A comet-like tail trails behind extrasolar planet HD 209458b as it orbits its parent star.

Extrasolar Planet and Tail Passing in Front of Star

Extrasolar planet HD 209548b passes transits its parent star. A comet-like tail trails behind the planet as it passes in front of the star.