8/5/2010STScI-2010-2511.A Galactic Spectacle
A beautiful new image of two colliding galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories. The Antennae galaxies, located about 62 million light-years from Earth, are shown in this composite... (More)
2/26/2010STScI-2010-1013.STScI Announces the 2010 Hubble Fellows
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md. has selected 17 new candidates for the 2010 Hubble Fellowship Program. The fellows may pursue their research... (More)
11/18/2009STScI-2009-3015.Galaxy on Edge
The magnificent galaxy NGC 4710 is tilted nearly edge-on to our view from Earth. This perspective allows astronomers to easily distinguish the central bulge of stars from its pancake-flat... (More)
1/23/2008STScI-2008-0617.Internal Heat Drives Jupiter's Giant Storm Eruption
Detailed analysis of two continent-sized storms that erupted in Jupiter's atmosphere in March 2007 shows that Jupiter's internal heat plays a significant role in generating... (More)
10/4/2007STScI-2007-3819.Astronomers Use Hubble and Keck to Identify Dwarf Galaxy
A team of astronomers at the University of California at Santa Barbara report that they have resolved a dwarf galaxy 6 billion light-years away. Weighing... (More)
8/2/2007STScI-2007-3020.Uncovering the Veil Nebula
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope photographed three magnificent sections of the Veil Nebula -- the shattered remains of a supernova that exploded thousands of years ago. This series of images provides... (More)