2000

• 9/7/2000 STScI-2000-28 21. 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)
• 8/31/2000 STScI-2000-24 22. 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)
• 8/3/2000 STScI-2000-25 23. 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)
• 4/6/2000 STScI-2000-12 24. 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)
• 3/9/2000 STScI-2000-09 25. 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)
• 1/24/2000 STScI-2000-07 26. Hubble Reopens Its Eye on the Universe The Hubble telescope reopened its "eye" on the universe following a successful December 1999 servicing mission by imaging a Sun-like star, dubbed the "Eskimo Nebula"... (More)

1999

• 10/19/1999 STScI-1999-39 27. The "Rotten Egg" Nebula: A Planetary Nebula in the Making This oddly shaped object is an aging, Sun-like star near the end of its life. The Hubble telescope's infrared camera, called the Near Infrared... (More)
• 10/7/1999 STScI-1999-35 28. Hubble Heritage Project's First Anniversary To mark the first anniversary of the Hubble Heritage Project, we present four Hubble telescope images of nebulae surrounding stars in our own Milky Way Galaxy. ... (More)
• 8/24/1999 STScI-1999-32 29. Symbiotic Star Blows Bubbles into Space A tempestuous relationship between an unlikely pair of stars may have created an oddly shaped gaseous nebula that resembles nesting hourglasses. (More)
• 1/6/1999 STScI-1999-01 30. Looking Down a Barrel of Gas at a Doomed Star Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have obtained the sharpest view yet of a glowing loop of gas called the Ring Nebula (M57), first cataloged... (More)

1998

• 11/5/1998 STScI-1998-39 31. A Glowing Pool of Light NGC 3132 is a striking example of a planetary nebula. This expanding cloud of gas surrounding a dying star is known to amateur astronomers in the Southern Hemisphere as the "Eight-Burst"... (More)
• 10/22/1998 STScI-1998-36 32. Turtle in Space Describes New Hubble Image The Hubble telescope has shown us that the shrouds of gas surrounding dying, Sun-like stars (called planetary nebulae) come in a variety of strange shapes, from an "hourglass"... (More)
• 4/1/1998 STScI-1998-15 33. Hubble Reveals Details of a Newly Born Planetary Nebula Astronomers have caught a peek at a rare moment in the final stages of a star's life: a ballooning shroud of gas cast off by a dying star flicking on its stellar... (More)
• 3/19/1998 STScI-1998-11 34. Hubble Captures the Shrouds of Dying Stars The Hubble telescope continues to capture stunning, colorful snapshots of stellar burnout. These images reveal the beauty and complexity of planetary nebulae, the glowing... (More)

1997

• 12/17/1997 STScI-1997-38 35. Hubble Witnesses the Final Blaze of Glory of Sun-Like Stars The end of a Sun-like star's life was once thought to be simple: the star gracefully casts off a shell of glowing gas and then settles into a long retirement... (More)
• 5/12/1997 STScI-1997-11 36. Hubble Peers into Heart of Dying Star The Egg Nebula, also known as CRL 2688, is shown on the left as it appears in visible light and on the right as it looks in infrared light. Both Hubble views recount... (More)
• 3/14/1997 STScI-1997-07 37. Hubble Camera Resumes Science Operation with Picture of "Butterfly" in Space The Hubble telescope is back at work, capturing this view of the butterfly-wing-shaped nebula, NGC 2346. ... (More)

1996

• 4/15/1996 STScI-1996-13 38. Hubble Finds Thousands of Gaseous Fragments Surrounding a Dying Star Resembling a bizarre setting from a science fiction movie, dramatic images sent back by the Hubble telescope have surprised astronomers by uncovering... (More)
• 1/16/1996 STScI-1996-05 39. Hubble Telescope Photo Reveals Stellar Death Process This Hubble telescope picture of planetary nebula NGC 7027 reveals remarkable new details of the process by which a star like the Sun dies. The nebula is a glowing... (More)
• 1/16/1996 STScI-1996-03 40. Hubble Finds Searchlight Beams and Multiple Arcs around a Dying Star This Hubble telescope picture of the Egg Nebula, also known as CRL2688, shows a pair of mysterious "searchlight" beams emerging... (More)