2007 (continued)

• 2/13/2007 STScI-2007-09 11. The Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the colorful "last hurrah" of a star like our Sun. The star is ending its life by casting... (More)

2004

• 12/16/2004 STScI-2004-32 12. A New Twist on an Old Nebula Looks can be deceiving, especially when it comes to celestial objects like galaxies and nebulas. These objects are so far away that astronomers cannot see their three-dimensional... (More)
• 9/9/2004 STScI-2004-27 13. Dying Star Creates Fantasy-like Sculpture of Gas and Dust In this detailed view from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the so-called Cat's Eye Nebula looks like the penetrating eye of the disembodied sorcerer... (More)
• 5/11/2004 STScI-2004-11 14. Dying Star Sculpts Rungs of Gas and Dust Astronomers may not have observed the fabled "Stairway to Heaven," but they have photographed something almost as intriguing: ladder-like structures surrounding... (More)
• 5/3/2004 STScI-2004-46 15. Demise in Fire and Ice The Bug Nebula, NGC 6302, is one of the brightest and most extreme planetary nebulae known. The fiery, dying star at its center is shrouded by a blanket of icy hailstones. (More)

2003

• 5/9/2003 STScI-2003-11 16. Iridescent Glory of Nearby Planetary Nebula Showcased on Astronomy Day This photograph of the coil-shaped Helix Nebula is one of the largest and most detailed celestial images ever made. The composite picture is a seamless... (More)
• 4/3/2003 STScI-2003-09 17. Rainbow Image of a Dusty Star Resembling a rippling pool illuminated by underwater lights, the Egg Nebula offers astronomers a special look at the normally invisible dust shells swaddling an aging star. (More)
• 2/10/2003 STScI-2003-06 18. Close-up of M27, the Dumbbell Nebula An aging star's last hurrah is creating a flurry of glowing knots of gas that appear to be streaking through space in this close-up image of the Dumbbell Nebula... (More)

2002

• 11/7/2002 STScI-2002-25 19. An Old Star Gives Up the Ghost NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has caught a glimpse of a colorful cosmic ghost, the glowing remains of a dying star called NGC 6369. The glowing apparition is known to amateur... (More)
• 8/1/2002 STScI-2002-19 20. Hubble Astronomers Feast on an Interstellar Hamburger Hold the pickles; hold the lettuce. Space is serving up giant hamburgers. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a photograph of a strange object that bears an uncanny... (More)