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3/7/2001 STScI-2001-08 51. Hubble Spies Huge Clusters of Stars Formed by Ancient Encounter Studying galactic interactions is like sifting through the forensic evidence at a crime scene. Astronomers wade through the debris of a violent encounter... (More)
3/1/2001 STScI-2001-07 52. NGC 4013: A Galaxy on the Edge The Hubble telescope has snapped this remarkable view of a perfectly "edge-on" galaxy, NGC 4013. This new Hubble picture reveals with exquisite... (More)
1/11/2001 STScI-2001-04 53. Hubble's Ultraviolet Views of Nearby Galaxies Yield Clues to Early Universe Astronomers are using these three Hubble telescope images of nearby galaxies to help tackle the question of why their distant relatives... (More)
1/9/2001 STScI-2001-02 54. 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)

11/30/2000 STScI-2000-37 55. Hubble Captures an Extraordinary and Powerful Active Galaxy The Hubble telescope has taken a snapshot of a nearby active galaxy known as Circinus. This active galaxy belongs to a class of mostly spiral galaxies called Seyferts... (More)

10/6/1999 STScI-1999-34 56. Starry Bulges Yield Secrets to Galaxy Growth The Hubble telescope is uncovering important new clues to a galaxy's birth and growth by peering into its heart — a bulge of millions of stars resembling a bulbous... (More)
6/3/1999 STScI-1999-25 57. Magnificent Details in a Dusty Spiral Galaxy The Key Project team used this Hubble telescope view of the magnificent spiral galaxy, NGC 4414, to help calculate the expansion rate of the universe. (More)
5/6/1999 STScI-1999-16 58. Internet Voters Get Two Galaxies in One from Hubble Located about 130 million light-years away, NGC 4650A is one of only 100 known polar-ring galaxies. Their unusual disk-ring structure is not yet understood... (More)
3/18/1999 STScI-1999-10 59. Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery Astronomers have used the Hubble telescope to produce an infrared "photo essay" of spiral galaxies. By penetrating the dust clouds swirling around the centers of these galaxies, the telescope's... (More)

12/3/1998 STScI-1998-42 60. Behind a Dusty Veil Lies a Cradle of Star Birth NGC 253 is a large, almost edge-on spiral galaxy, and is one of the nearest galaxies beyond our local neighborhood of galaxies. ... (More)
10/21/1998 STScI-1998-28 61. Astronomers Unveil Colorful Hubble Photo Gallery A vibrant celestial photo album of some of NASA Hubble Space Telescope's most stunning views of the universe is being unveiled today on the Internet. Called the Hubble Heritage... (More)
6/11/1998 STScI-1998-21 62. A Bright Ring of Star Birth around a Galaxy's Core This Hubble telescope snapshot reveals clusters of infant stars that formed in a ring around the core of the barred-spiral galaxy NGC 4314. This stellar... (More)
3/22/1998 STScI-1998-12 63. Hubble Captures the Heart of Star Birth The Hubble telescope has captured a flurry of star birth near the heart of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1808. (More)

8/7/1996 STScI-1996-27 64. Giant Star Birth Region in Neighboring Galaxy The colorful picture on the right is a Hubble telescope snapshot of a vast nebula of dust and gas called NGC 604, which lies in the neighboring spiral galaxy M33. ... (More)
5/9/1996 STScI-1996-21 65. Hubble Space Telescope on Track for Measuring the Expansion Rate of the Universe Using the Hubble telescope, two international teams of astronomers are reporting major progress in converging on an accurate measurement... (More)
4/24/1996 STScI-1996-17 66. Swirling Galaxy Parents Generations of Stars in Its Center The Hubble telescope has snapped a view of several generations of stars in the central region of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), located 23 million light-years... (More)
4/24/1996 STScI-1996-11 67. Hubble Spies Globular Cluster in Neighboring Galaxy The Hubble telescope has captured a view of a globular cluster called G1, a large, bright ball of light in the center of the photograph. (More)

11/29/1995 STScI-1995-49 68. 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)
2/20/1995 STScI-1995-10 69. Hubble Probes the Violent Birth of Stars in Galaxy NGC 253 This Hubble telescope image of the core of the nearest starburst spiral galaxy, NGC 253, reveals violent star formation within a region 1,000 light-years... (More)

11/3/1994 STScI-1994-51 70. Astronomers Discover Nearby Spiral Galaxy Hidden Behind the Milky Way An international team of astronomers has uncovered a galaxy in our own cosmic back yard. Though only ten million light-years... (More)
10/26/1994 STScI-1994-49 71. Hubble Space Telescope Measures Precise Distance to the Most Remote Galaxy Yet Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have announced the most accurate distance measurement yet to the remote galaxy M100, located... (More)
5/19/1994 STScI-1994-20 72. Hubble Observes the Supernova in the Whirlpool Galaxy The Hubble telescope has returned valuable new images of supernova 1994I in the inner regions of the "Whirlpool Galaxy," M51, located 20 million light-years... (More)
1/13/1994 STScI-1994-02 73. The Spiral Galaxy M100 as Seen With the Hubble's Improved Vision An image of the grand design spiral galaxy M100 obtained with the second generation Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WFPC-2), newly installed... (More)
1/13/1994 STScI-1994-03 74. Galaxy M100 Resolution Comparison This sequence of pictures shows successive steps in optical improvement from ground based telescopes to the newly improved Hubble Space Telescope and demonstrates the unique capability... (More)
1/13/1994 STScI-1994-01 75. Picture Perfect: Hubble's New Improved Optics Probe the Core of a Distant Galaxy This comparison image of the core of galaxy M100 shows the dramatic improvement in the Hubble telescope's view of the universe. (More)

7/20/1993 STScI-1993-18 76. Hubble Space Telescope Finds a Double Nucleus in the Andromeda Galaxy A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a "double nucleus" in the center of the neighboring... (More)
5/25/1993 STScI-1993-11 77. What Happens When Galaxies Collide? Hubble Space Telescope Finds New Surprises NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has discovered a new population of exceptionally bright and young star clusters at the heart of a head-on... (More)

6/8/1992 STScI-1992-17 78. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Resolves a Dark "x" Across the Nucleus of M51 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers with what may be their first direct view of an immense... (More)

10/4/1990 STScI-1990-13 79. Hubble Space Telescope Probes a Galaxy with an Active Nucleus NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has provided an unprecedented, detailed view of highly energetic events in the core of a galaxy 30 million light-years... (More)
8/29/1990 STScI-1990-08 80. Hubble Space Telescope Peers Into Core of Distant Galaxy NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided a remarkably new detailed view of the core of a galaxy which lies 40 million light-years... (More)