2009

• 12/18/2009 STScI-2009-34 1. STScI Senior Astrophysicist Mario Livio Elected AAAS Fellow In November, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Council elected Space Telescope Science Institute's senior astrophysicist... (More)
• 12/16/2009 STScI-2009-33 2. Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the smallest object ever seen in visible light in the Kuiper Belt, a vast ring of icy debris that is encircling... (More)
• 12/15/2009 STScI-2009-32 3. Hubble's Festive View of a Grand Star-Forming Region Just in time for the holidays: a Hubble Space Telescope picture postcard of hundreds of brilliant blue stars wreathed by warm, glowing clouds. The festive portrait... (More)
• 12/8/2009 STScI-2009-31 4. Hubble's Deepest View of Universe Unveils Never-Before-Seen Galaxies NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made the deepest image of the universe ever taken in near-infrared light. The faintest and reddest objects in the image are galaxies... (More)
• 11/18/2009 STScI-2009-30 5. Galaxy on Edge The magnificent galaxy NGC 4710 is tilted nearly edge-on to our view from Earth. This perspective allows astronomers to easily distinguish the central bulge of stars from its pancake-flat... (More)
• 11/10/2009 STScI-2009-28 6. NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of Astronomy A never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way galaxy is being unveiled by NASA on Nov. 10. This event will commemorate the 400 years since Galileo... (More)
• 11/5/2009 STScI-2009-29 7. Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern Pinwheel The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most detailed... (More)
• 10/14/2009 STScI-2009-27 8. Hubble Project Pioneer Rodger Doxsey Passes Away Dr. Rodger Doxsey, head of the Space Telescope Science Institute's (STScI) Hubble Mission Office, passed away on October 13 after a prolonged illness. (More)
• 10/9/2009 STScI-2009-26 9. Hubble Observes LCROSS Impact Event NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made a series of observations immediately preceding and following the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Centaur... (More)
• 9/9/2009 STScI-2009-25 10. Hubble Opens New Eyes on the Universe NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, ready to uncover new worlds, peer ever deeper into space, and even map the invisible backbone of the universe. (More)