2009 (continued)

• 1/5/2009 STScI-2009-02 121. Hubble Views Galactic Core in Unprecedented New Detail This composite color infrared image of the center of our Milky Way galaxy reveals a new population of massive stars and new details in complex structures... (More)
• 1/5/2009 STScI-2009-01 122. Brown Dwarfs Don't Hang Out With Stars Brown dwarfs, objects that are less massive than stars but larger than planets, just got more elusive, based on studies of nearby multiple-star systems... (More)

2008

• 12/18/2008 STScI-2008-42 123. Hubble Catches Jupiter's Largest Moon Going to the 'Dark Side' NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has caught Jupiter's moon Ganymede playing a game of "peek-a-boo." In this crisp Hubble image, Ganymede... (More)
• 12/9/2008 STScI-2008-41 124. Hubble Finds Carbon Dioxide on an Extrasolar Planet NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This is an important step along the trail of finding... (More)
• 12/4/2008 STScI-2008-40 125. A Celestial Snow Globe of Stars Like a whirl of shiny flakes sparkling in a snow globe, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope catches an instantaneous glimpse of many hundreds of thousands... (More)
• 11/20/2008 STScI-2008-38 126. Hubble Resolves Puzzle about Loner Starburst Galaxy Astronomers have long puzzled over why a small, nearby, isolated galaxy is pumping out new stars faster than any galaxy in our local neighborhood. (More)
• 11/13/2008 STScI-2008-39 127. Hubble Directly Observes Planet Orbiting Fomalhaut Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet orbiting another star. The images show the planet, named Fomalhaut... (More)
• 10/30/2008 STScI-2008-37 128. Hubble Scores a Perfect Ten NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business. Just a couple of days after the orbiting observatory was brought back online, Hubble aimed its prime working camera... (More)
• 10/2/2008 STScI-2008-34 129. A Celestial Landscape in Celebration of 10 Years of Stunning Hubble Heritage Images The landmark 10th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's Hubble Heritage Project is being celebrated with a 'landscape'... (More)
• 9/30/2008 STScI-2008-35 130. When It Comes to Galaxies, Diversity Is Everywhere There's an old saying in astronomy: "Galaxies are like people. They're only normal until you get to know them." That view is supported by a group of astronomers... (More)