2000

• 1/24/2000 STScI-2000-07 31. Hubble Reopens Its Eye on the Universe The Hubble telescope reopened its "eye" on the universe following a successful December 1999 servicing mission by imaging a Sun-like star, dubbed the "Eskimo Nebula"... (More)

1999

• 9/2/1999 STScI-1999-31 32. A Minuet of Galaxies This troupe of four galaxies, known as Hickson Compact Group 87 (HCG 87), is performing an intricate dance orchestrated by the mutual gravitational forces acting between them. (More)

1998

• 8/19/1998 STScI-1998-26 33. Distant Heavyweight Galaxy Cluster Clobbers Dense-Universe Theory A Space Telescope Science Institute astronomer has found the equivalent of the proverbial 900-pound gorilla in deep space. The "gorilla" is an extremely massive cluster... (More)

1997

• 7/30/1997 STScI-1997-25 34. World's Most Powerful Telescopes Team Up With a Lens in Nature to Discover Farthest Galaxy in the Universe An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant galaxy in the universe... (More)
• 1/14/1997 STScI-1997-02 35. Hubble Finds Intergalactic Stars The Hubble telescope has found a long-sought population of "stellar outcasts" ? stars tossed out of their home galaxies into the dark emptiness of intergalactic space. (More)

1996

• 4/24/1996 STScI-1996-10 36. Hubble Space Telescope Completes Sixth Year of Exploration A new golden era of space exploration and discovery began April 24, 1990 with the launch and deployment of the Hubble telescope. Over the past six years Hubble's... (More)

1995

• 4/5/1995 STScI-1995-14 37. Hubble Views Distant Galaxies through a Cosmic Lens This Hubble telescope image of a rich cluster of galaxies called Abell 2218 is a spectacular example of gravitational lensing. The arc-like pattern... (More)

1994

• 12/6/1994 STScI-1994-52 38. Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution Astronomers using the Hubble telescope as a "time machine" have obtained the clearest views yet of distant galaxies that existed when the universe... (More)
• 12/6/1994 STScI-1994-25 39. Observes the Lost Ancestors to Our Milky Way Galaxy This NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the central portion of a remote cluster of galaxies (CL 0939+4713) as it looked when the universe was two-thirds... (More)

1992

• 12/1/1992 STScI-1992-28 40. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Peers Far Back in Time to Uncover the Secrets of Galaxy Evolution Looking far away and far back in time, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has found some suspected ancestors... (More)