2001 (continued)

• 1/9/2001 STScI-2001-02 21. Intergalactic 'Pipeline' Funnels Matter Between Colliding Galaxies This visible-light picture, taken by the Hubble telescope, reveals an intergalactic "pipeline" of material flowing between two battered galaxies... (More)

2000

• 11/2/2000 STScI-2000-34 22. A Bird's Eye View of a Galaxy Collision What appears as a bird's head, leaning over to snatch up a tasty meal, is a striking example of a galaxy collision in NGC 6745. The "bird" is a large spiral galaxy... (More)
• 5/11/2000 STScI-2000-14 23. Hubble Heritage Program Wins Photography Award Through an extraordinary chance alignment, the Hubble telescope has captured a view of a face-on spiral galaxy lying precisely in front of another larger spiral. (More)

1999

• 11/22/1999 STScI-1999-45 24. Multiple Galaxy Collisions Surprise Hubble Astronomers Wrecks between two galaxies were a common occurrence in the early cosmos. But pileups among several galaxies? Astronomers conducting a three-year survey of ultra-luminous infrared... (More)
• 11/4/1999 STScI-1999-41 25. A Grazing Encounter between Two Spiral Galaxies The Hubble telescope has caught a cosmic dance between two spiral galaxies. The larger galaxy, NGC 2207, is on the left; the smaller one, IC 2163, is on the right. (More)
• 7/15/1999 STScI-1999-28 26. Cosmic Collisions - European HST Scientists Catch Merging Galaxies in the Act Exciting Hubble telescope images of more than a dozen very distant colliding galaxies indicate that, at least in some cases, big massive... (More)

1997

• 10/21/1997 STScI-1997-34 27. Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright; young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding... (More)
• 6/9/1997 STScI-1997-17 28. A Collision In The Heart Of A Galaxy The Hubble telescope's infrared camera has uncovered a collision between two spiral galaxies in the heart of the peculiar galaxy called Arp 220. The collision... (More)

1996

• 11/26/1996 STScI-1996-36 29. Hubble Spies Supersonic "Comet-Clouds" in Heart of Galaxy Analysis of dramatic Hubble telescope images reveals immense comet-shaped knots of gas in the heart of the Cartwheel Galaxy. The galaxy's unusual wagon-wheel... (More)

1995

• 11/29/1995 STScI-1995-49 30. HST's Greatest Hits 1990-1995 Hubble Space Telescope evokes a new sense of awe and wonder about the infinite richness of our universe in dramatic, unprecedented pictures of celestial objects. Like a traveler sharing... (More)