3/28/2001STScI-2001-11441.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)
3/1/2001STScI-2001-07443.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)
How old is the universe? How big is it? What is its fate? Where did the planets, stars, and galaxies come from? Are we alone here? Scientists... (More)
12/14/2000STScI-2000-38450.Satellite Footprints Seen in Jupiter Aurora
In this Hubble telescope picture, a curtain of glowing gas is wrapped around Jupiter's north pole like a lasso. This curtain of light, called an aurora, is produced when high-energy... (More)