12/16/2009STScI-2009-332.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)
12/15/2009STScI-2009-323.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)
11/18/2009STScI-2009-305.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)
10/14/2009STScI-2009-278.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)
10/9/2009STScI-2009-269.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)
9/9/2009STScI-2009-2510.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)
7/24/2009STScI-2009-2312.Hubble Captures Rare Jupiter Collision
NASA scientists have interrupted the checkout and calibration of the Hubble Space Telescope to aim the recently refurbished observatory at a new expanding spot on the giant planet Jupiter. (More)
6/25/2009STScI-2009-2213.STScI Joins the Search for Other Earths in Space
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md., is partnering on a historic search for Earth-size planets around other stars. (More)
4/30/2009STScI-2009-1916.Starbursts in Dwarf Galaxies are a Global Affair
Bursts of star making in a galaxy have been compared to a Fourth of July fireworks display: They occur at a fast and furious pace, lighting... (More)
4/16/2009STScI-2009-1719.Galaxy Cluster MACS J0717
The most crowded collision of galaxy clusters has been identified by combining information from three different telescopes. This result gives scientists a chance to learn what happens... (More)