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2002 (continued)
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5/9/2002
STScI-2002-12
401. Gaseous Streamers Flutter in Stellar Breeze
N44C is the designation for a region of ionized hydrogen gas surrounding an association of young stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a nearby, small companion... (More)
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4/4/2002
STScI-2002-07
406. A Galaxy That's All Wound Up
Tightly wound, almost concentric, arms of dark dust encircle the bright nucleus of the galaxy NGC 2787 in this Hubble Space Telescope image. In astronomer Edwin Hubble's... (More)
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3/21/2002
STScI-2002-08
407. Test Your Skills as a 'Galaxy Hunter'
Journey to the deepest regions of space and wrestle with the cosmic giants called galaxies. In "Galaxy Hunter," students can go online... (More)
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3/6/2002
STScI-2002-05
408. A Bow Shock Near a Young Star
The Hubble Space Telescope continues to reveal various stunning and intricate treasures that reside within the nearby, intense star-forming... (More)
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2/7/2002
STScI-2002-03
410. Hubble Reveals "Backwards" Spiral Galaxy
Astronomers have found a spiral galaxy that may be spinning to the beat of a different cosmic drummer. To the surprise of astronomers, the galaxy, called NGC 4622, appears to be rotating... (More)
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1/3/2002
STScI-2002-01
412. Thackeray's Globules in IC 2944
Strangely glowing dark clouds float serenely in this remarkable and beautiful image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. These dense, opaque dust clouds — known as "globules" —... (More)
2001
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11/1/2001
STScI-2001-37
416. Hubble Reveals Ultraviolet Galactic Ring
The appearance of a galaxy can depend strongly on the color of the light with which it is viewed. This Hubble Heritage image of NGC 6782 illustrates a pronounced example of this effect. (More)
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10/11/2001
STScI-2001-31
419. Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars
A pair of eagle-eyed NASA spacecraft the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) and Hubble Space Telescope are giving amazed astronomers a ringside seat to the biggest... (More)
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10/4/2001
STScI-2001-33
421. Peering into the Core of a Globular Cluster
Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to peer into the center of a dense swarm of stars called Omega Centauri. Located some 17,000 light-years... (More)
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9/6/2001
STScI-2001-26
423. A Galaxy Blazes With Star Formation
Most galaxies form new stars at a fairly slow rate, but members of a rare class known as "starburst" galaxies blaze with extremely active star formation. (More)
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7/12/2001
STScI-2001-19
429. Magnetic Fields Weave Rings Around Stars
There are stars with planets. Stars with companion stars. Stars with pancake-shaped disks of rocky debris. But how about young, hot, hefty stars embedded in large inner tube-shaped... (More)
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7/10/2001
STScI-2001-25
430. Hubble Snaps Picture of Remarkable Double Cluster
These two dazzling clusters of stars, called NGC 1850, are found in one of our neighboring galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The photo's centerpiece is a young, "globular-like"... (More)
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6/7/2001
STScI-2001-15
433. A Change of Seasons on Saturn
Looming like a giant flying saucer in our outer solar system, Saturn puts on a show as the planet and its magnificent ring system nod majestically over the course of its 29-year... (More)
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6/4/2001
STScI-2001-17
435. Build Your Own Space Scrapbook
Want to learn more about your favorite star or galaxy? NASA Hubble Space Telescope pictures and other information about thousands of stars and galaxies... (More)
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5/31/2001
STScI-2001-16
436. Hubble Unveils a Galaxy in Living Color
In this view of the center of the magnificent barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512, the Hubble telescope reveals a stunning 2,400 light-year-wide circle of infant star clusters. (More)
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3/28/2001
STScI-2001-11
442. Massive Infant Stars Rock their Cradle
Extremely intense radiation from newly born, ultra-bright stars has blown a glowing spherical bubble in the nebula N83B, also known as NGC 1748. A new Hubble telescope... (More)
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3/1/2001
STScI-2001-07
444. 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)
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