SPACE ART

Pluto Pluto and its moon, Charon. The Sun is seen in the distance. Dark plumes erupt from surface geysers.
Fomalhaut An artist's conception of the dusty environment near the star Fomalhaut.
DQ Herculis An artist's conception of the variable star DQ Herculis. Here a white dwarf orbits a normal star. The normal star transfers material to the white dwarf. The transferred gases are guided onto the white dwarf's poles by the white dwarf's strong magnetic field.