Contact Binary - the companions forming the binary star Algol exchange gases in a complex manner, cover for Science Digest ; acrylic on board, 1981
Black Hole - gas from a companion star blazes brightly upon impacting the accretion disk of a black hole ; acrylic, 1980
Maelstrom 2 - debris swirls toward ultimate destruction in a black hole
Coronal streamers rise above the roiling surface of a flare star in this 1990 acrylic on canvas painting. This is a background detail of artwork commissioned…
an immensely massive black hole swirls at the center of a galaxy
binary stars exchange atmospheres in complex interplay of gravity and solar winds, interior Sky and Telescope - painting by Don Dixon
Neutron Stars Collide to Create a Gamma Ray Burster - Painting by Don Dixon for Sky and Telescope
A Mind composed of organized black holes in the distant future - painting by Don Dixon for Odyssey Magazine, digital, 1998
A black hole rips apart two companion stars in this private commission. The cores of two red giant stars spiral toward destruction. Sputtering explosions of infalling gas are blasted into space as the three objects dance around their ever-shifting center of mass. The painting was created with acrylic and oil glazes on a 4'x6' canvas.
Painted for the Feburary, 2003 issue of Scientific American, this digital painting shows the immense burst of magnetic energy and soft gamma radiation that is…
Superhot gases pulled from a companion star whirl in the accretion disk surrounding a black hole. High energy jets stream from its poles. Digital, for…
The strange star SS433 may be a black hole whose accretion disk is highly inclined with respect to its orbit about a companion star. Digital, cover, February…
According to Einstein, collapsing stars should send waves of gravity rippling through space and time. Digital painting © 2007 Don Dixon/cosmographica.com
Inside the Jet of a Galactic Black Hole
Gazing into the "throat" of a galactic jet. A huge black hole at the center of the galaxy rips stars apart. Churning magnetic fields and acoustic waves ripple…
Black Hole 2 - gas is compressed to x-ray incandescence as it impacts the accretion disk of a black hole; acrylic and gouache on illustration board, 1987;…
Clouds of gas and dust swirl into the black hole at the core of the Milky Way galaxy. digital, for Scientific American, 2013. copyright Don Dixon /…
The companion stars that form the binary star Algol orbit within a complex stream of exchanged gas. Oil on masonite, 18x24 inches, 1974. artwork © Don…
Cygnus X-1 - possible black hole draws gases from a companion star ; gouache on illustration board, 1975. © Don Dixon
