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Colliding Bubble Universe

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Some scientists theorize that our universe is one of many bubble universes, with the potential to someday collide with another. This scientific illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller was drawn for Science News Magazine.

Pollution in the Himalayas

Pollution in Himalayas

Brown clouds formed from soot and other air pollution accelerate the melting glaciers of the Himalayas. This scientific illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller was drawn for for the National Science Foundation.

Planetary Disc

Planetary Disc

Mercury's Molten Core

Mercury Molten Core

Astronomers were able to look at a small wobble in the orbit of planet Mercury, indicating a molten core. This scientific illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller was drawn for the National Science Foundation.

Carbon Cycle

Created for Dr. Andrew Jacobson to describe the carbon cycle. This scientific illustration was drawn by Nicolle Rager Fuller.

Chesapeake Bay Meteor Impact

Nearly 35 million years ago a meteor or asteroid crashed into the Chesapeake Bay on the east coast of the United States creating a 12 mile wide crater. The last stage of the eocene, early mammals romed the Earth when the mid-Atlantic coast had a tropical climate and vegetation. This scientific illustration was digitally rendered for the National Science Foundation.

NSF Hurricane Sensor Technology

This scientific illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller was drawn for the National Science Foundation.

Extreme Life Locations

A look at some of the strange places life manages to thrive in. Yellowstone hotsprings, around hydrothermal vents, the Atacama Desert, and beneath miles of ice in Antarctica. This scientific illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller was drawn for the National Science Foundation.

Isotope Formation

Some chemical isotopes are ideal for determining the age of the rocks and water that make up different ecosystems. This scientific illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller was digitally drawn for for Dr. Andrew Jacobson.

Geology of the Rio Grande Rift

Artwork based on researchers data, showing that the second model(right) better fits the data of the Rio Grande Rift. This scientific illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller was digitally drawn for the National Science Foundation.

Gamma Ray Burst

A Gamma Ray Burst began as a star 30 times the mass of our own Sun. The star's huge mass caused the hydrogen gas in its core to make the thermonuclear reactions there extraordinarily fierce, converting all the hydrogen in the core to helium, then carbon, nitrogen until an onion like structure was formed with silicon, magnesium, neon, and a core of iron nuclei. The gravity finally collapsed into a black hole rebounding into an explosion with two back-to-back jets of ultra-high-energy particles and radiation. This scientific illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller was drawn for the National Science Foundation

Winter Weather Forecasting

There is a correlation between summer snow cover in Siberia, and the following winter severity of the United States. This scientific illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller was drawn for the National Science Foundation.

Forest Climate Impacts

The ability of forests to mitigate warming temperatures and climate change varies significantly between tropical, temperate and boreal forests. Scientists have found that boreal forests do not abosrb as much carbon dioxide or cool by evaporation, but abosrb more of the suns energy. Conversely, tropical and temperate forests strongly absorb CO2, and cool more by evaporation. This scientific illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller was drawn for the National Science Foundation.

Iceberg Oasis

Contrary to what one might think, icebergs are home for many animals, like gulls, seals, fish, shrimp, and diatoms. This scientific illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller was drawn for for the National Science Foundation.

Melting Glaciers in the Arctic

This scientific illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller was drawn for the National Science Foundation.

Underwater Eruption along the Eastern Pacific Ridge

This scientific illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller was drawn for the National Science Foundation.

Dark Matter Galaxy

Scientists have discerned that galaxies have far more gravity than is accounted for by the visible matter. This scientific illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller was drawn for the Stanford Linear Accelerator.