Robert Hurt, PhD

Visualization of the TRAPPIST-1 system for the cover of Nature in 2017.

This illustration of our Milky Way galaxy as seen from above was created using information from a variety of datasets spanning the spectrum, but also fills in gaps in current knowledge with artistic "hypotheses," several of which subsequently confirmed by observation. Painted in Photoshop.

The accretion disk surrounding an energetic neutron star is depicted in a graphic supporting an X-ray science result from NuSTAR. Created in Blender.

Still from an animation of a black hole with swirling accretion disk. Gravitational refraction of the light, and the relativistic amplification of the disk glow due to its rapid rotation have been shown accurately. Created in Blender.

This depicts the moment leading up to the destruction of a hot Jupiter exoplanet just before it dropped below the star's surface, spiraling to its destruction. Collaboration with Keith Miller, created using Blender.

Hypothetical depiction of exoplanet TOI7003, created in Blender

Depiction of a gas giant planet, which has been warmed due to a recent inflow of material. Created in Lightwave.

A magnetar undergoing an outflow burst. Created in Blender.