12/6/2000STScI-2000-361.Ghostly Reflections in the Pleiades
This ghostly apparition is actually an interstellar cloud caught in the process of destruction by strong radiation from a nearby hot star. This haunting picture, snapped... (More)
10/5/2000STScI-2000-302.Hubble Peeks into a Stellar Nursery in a Nearby Galaxy
The Hubble telescope has peered deep into a neighboring galaxy to reveal details of the formation of new stars. Hubble's target was a newborn star cluster... (More)
9/7/2000STScI-2000-283.IC 418: The "Spirograph" Nebula
Glowing like a multi-faceted jewel, the planetary nebula IC 418 lies about 2,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lepus. In this picture, the Hubble telescope reveals some remarkable... (More)
8/31/2000STScI-2000-244.He 2-90's Appearance Deceives Astronomers
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have stumbled upon a mysterious object that is grudgingly yielding clues to its identity. A quick glance at the Hubble picture... (More)
8/24/2000STScI-2000-195.Hubble Spies Brown Dwarfs in Nearby Stellar Nursery
Probing deep within a neighborhood stellar nursery, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope uncovered a swarm of newborn brown dwarfs. The orbiting observatory's near-infrared... (More)
8/3/2000STScI-2000-256.A Dying Star in Globular Cluster M15
The globular cluster M15 is shown in this color image obtained with the Hubble telescope. Lying some 40,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus... (More)
7/13/2000STScI-2000-237.Hubble Watches Star Tear Apart its Neighborhood
The Hubble telescope has snapped a view of a stellar demolition zone in our Milky Way Galaxy: a massive star, nearing the end of its life, tearing apart the shell of surrounding... (More)
6/1/2000STScI-2000-158.Peering into the Heart of the Crab Nebula
In the year 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers were startled by the appearance of a new star, so bright that it was visible in broad daylight for several weeks. (More)
4/6/2000STScI-2000-129.The Glowing Eye of NGC 6751
The Hubble telescope has spied a giant celestial "eye," known as planetary nebula NGC 6751. The Hubble Heritage Project is releasing this picture to commemorate the Hubble telescope's... (More)
3/9/2000STScI-2000-0910.Hubble Surveys Dying Stars in Nearby Galaxy
From ground-based telescopes, the glowing gaseous debris surrounding dying, sun-like stars in a nearby galaxy, called the Large Magellanic Cloud, appear as small, shapeless... (More)
