4/24/2001STScI-2001-1241.By Popular Demand: Hubble Observes the Horsehead Nebula
Rising from a sea of dust and gas like a giant seahorse, the Horsehead nebula is one of the most photographed objects in the sky. The Hubble telescope took a close-up... (More)
3/28/2001STScI-2001-1142.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)
2000
10/5/2000STScI-2000-3043.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)
8/24/2000STScI-2000-1944.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)
7/13/2000STScI-2000-2345.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)
2/3/2000STScI-2000-0647.Light and Shadow in the Carina Nebula
When 19th century astronomer Sir John Herschel spied a swirling cloud of gas with a hole punched through it, he dubbed it the Keyhole Nebula. Now the Hubble telescope... (More)
1/13/2000STScI-2000-0448.An Expanding Bubble in Space
A star 40 times more massive than the Sun is blowing a giant bubble of material into space. In this colorful picture, the Hubble telescope has captured a glimpse of the expanding bubble... (More)
1/6/2000STScI-2000-0149.Fireworks of Star Formation Light up a Galaxy
Pictures obtained with the Hubble telescope reveal episodes of star formation that are occurring across the face of the nearby galaxy NGC 4214. Located some 13 million... (More)
1999
11/9/1999STScI-1999-4250.The Trifid Nebula: Stellar Sibling Rivalry
This Hubble telescope image of the Trifid Nebula reveals a stellar nursery being torn apart by radiation from a nearby, massive star. The picture also provides a peek at embryonic... (More)