HST's Greatest Hits 1990-1995

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A spectacular head-on collision between a spiral galaxy and a smaller intruder sends out a ripple of energy that triggers a firestorm of new starbirth, forming a dazzling ring-like structure. (Image Released: January 1995)

Object Name: Cartwheel Galaxy

Image Type: Astronomical

Credit: Kirk Borne (STScI), and NASA

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Montage Image: HST's Greatest Hits 1990-1995 Image Type: Astronomical PRC1995-49 Supernova 1987A: Halo for a Vanished Star Image Type: Astronomical PRC1995-49a The Orion Nebula: Stellar Birthplace Image Type: Astronomical PRC1995-49b Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 Bombards Jupiter Image Type: Astronomical PRC1995-49d Images of Spiral Galaxy M100 Before and After Hubble's First Servicing Mission Image Type: Astronomical PRC1995-49e An Earth-Sized Storm on Saturn Image Type: Astronomical PRC1995-49f Ring Around a Suspected Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 4261 Image Type: Astronomical PRC1995-49g Planetary Nebula NGC 6543: Gaseous Cocoon Around a Dying Star Image Type: Astronomical PRC1995-49h Cygnus Loop: Blast Wave from a Stellar Time-Bomb Image Type: Astronomical PRC1995-49i Wispy Clouds, A Melting Ice Cap, and Dust-Storm-Free Surface on Mars Image Type: Astronomical/Illustration/Annotated PRC1995-49j

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