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• 3/22/2009 STScI-2009-13 111. Hubble Uncovers an Unusual Stellar Progenitor to a Supernova Astronomers have detailed theories about what type of stars self-destruct in titanic supernova explosions. However, it would be useful to test stellar... (More)
• 3/17/2009 STScI-2009-12 112. Quadruple Saturn Moon Transit Snapped by Hubble Saturn's comparatively paper-thin rings are tilted edge on to Earth every 15 years. Because the orbits of Saturn's major satellites are in the ring plane, too, this alignment... (More)
• 3/12/2009 STScI-2009-11 113. Hubble Provides New Evidence for Dark Matter Around Small Galaxies When it comes to finding dark matter in space, astronomers need to go on sort of a ghost hunt. Dark matter can't be directly seen or isolated in a laboratory. (More)
• 3/3/2009 STScI-2009-10 114. Trio of Galaxies Mix It Up Though they are the largest and most widely scattered objects in the universe, galaxies do go bump in the night. The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed many pairs of galaxies... (More)
• 2/25/2009 STScI-2009-09 115. NASA Announces 2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics Fellows NASA has selected fellows in three areas of astronomy and astrophysics for its Einstein, Hubble, and Sagan Fellowships. The recipients of this year's postdoctoral fellowships... (More)
• 2/10/2009 STScI-2009-07 116. NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy with a National Unveiling of Spectacular Images In 1609, Galileo first turned his telescope to the heavens and gave birth to modern astronomy. To commemorate... (More)
• 1/28/2009 STScI-2009-06 117. Hubble's Next Discovery, You Decide In 1609, Galileo turned his telescope on the night sky for the first time. Now, 400 years later, your vote will help make the momentous decision of where to point modern astronomy's... (More)
• 1/15/2009 STScI-2009-05 118. Hubble Snaps a Splendid Planetary Nebula The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged striking details of the famed planetary nebula designated NGC 2818, which lies in the southern constellation of Pyxis (the Compass). The spectacular... (More)
• 1/7/2009 STScI-2009-03 119. Hubble Finds Stars That 'Go Ballistic' Resembling comets streaking across the sky, these four speedy stars are plowing through regions of dense interstellar gas and creating brilliant arrowhead structures and trailing... (More)
• 1/6/2009 STScI-2009-04 120. Star Light, Star Bright, Its Explanation is Out of Sight This pair of NASA Hubble Space Telescope pictures shows the appearance of a mysterious burst of light that was detected on February 21, 2006, brightened... (More)