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Planet Formation318 viewsThe early solar system was a maelstrom of violence as planetesimals collided with one another and with the forming planets. Digital painting, cover comp for Scientific American, 2008; © Don Dixon / cosmographica.comJan 06, 2012
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480 Orbital view of a Super-Earth920 viewsA red dwarf star emerges from behind the limb of a planet twice earth's size orbiting in the star's narrow habitable zone. An inner planet transits the sun's disk. Copyright 2011 by Don Dixon / cosmographica.comJan 12, 2011
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479 Red Dwarf on the horizon of a Super-Earth567 viewsMuch older than earth and tidally-locked toward its sun, the planet's surface has been eroded by the fierce winds that howl across the twilight zone between eternal day and night. copyright 2011 by Don Dixon / cosmographica.comJan 12, 2011
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478 Hadean Earth932 viewsAn asteroid shatters the thin crust of the forming earth 4.5 billion years ago. © 2010 Don Dixon/cosmographica.com Mar 24, 2010
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Asteroid Prospecting1156 viewsA prospector of the future removes a core sample from an asteroid. His ship has long, spindly legs to level itself in the feeble gravity of the asteroid. 1983, acrylic and gouache on illustration board, 22.5x36 cm, $1,900Dec 18, 2007
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Pioneer Saturn Flyby1669 viewsThe Pioneer 11 spacecraft passes Saturn in this preliminary painting for the NASA mission logo. 1977, acrylic and gouache on illustration board, 33x50 cm.; $2,500Dec 18, 2007
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Exploring Saturn's Rings1238 viewsCover painting for the May, 1977 issue of "Starlog" magazine depicts a spacecraft using a laser to evaporate the surface of a Ring fragment for analysis. 25x31cm cell-vinyl on acetate animation cell, $1,900Dec 18, 2007
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204 Gravitational Lens1350 viewsA tenth of a light-year from the sun, a giant receptor gathers data on a distant galaxy whose light has been focussed by the sun's gravity. 1983, acrylic and gouache on illustration board, 33x44 cm, $1,900.Dec 17, 2007
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293 The Sails Of Tau Ceti1240 viewsCover painting for the novel by Michael McCollum shows a giant alien spacecraft unfurling its solar sail near earth. 1992, acrylic and gouache on illustration board, 30x49 cm, $3,900Dec 17, 2007
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The Awakeners1491 viewsCover painting for the novel by Sherri S. Tepper depicts an intelligent avian lifeform on its native world. Acrylic and gouache on illustration board, 1988; 28x42cm, $4,700Dec 17, 2007
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