Illustration for NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory which assists in the conceptual understanding of many mysteries of our Universe. Often actual images taken by the observatory are simple points of light, yet the science of what is happening in that point of light is intensely facinating. The illustrations that I develop, with the astronomers on our team, help bring this science to life.
CoRoT-2a A star with a planet in very close orbit around it, about 880 light years from Earth.
Cygnus X-1 A stellar-mass black hole in orbit with a companion star located about 6,000 light years from Earth.
Lyman Alpha Blobs Giant reservoirs of hydrogen gas about 10 billion light years away.
