2000

• 9/14/2000 STScI-2000-31 11. Centaur's Bright Surface Spot Could be Crater of Fresh Ice The unexpectedly varied surface of a wayward piece of space debris has given astronomers new insights into the characteristics and behavior of a ghostly... (More)

1999

• 3/4/1999 STScI-1999-08 12. A Mote in Hubble's Eye The Hubble telescope image is a typical Milky Way star field in the constellation Centaurus. Such snapshots can be used to study the evolution of stars that make up our galaxy. (More)

1998

• 3/9/1998 STScI-1998-10 13. Astronomers Track Down Asteroids in Hubble Archive Astronomers have stumbled on an unusual asteroid hunting ground: the thousands of Hubble telescope images stored in the orbiting observatory's archive. ... (More)

1997

• 9/4/1997 STScI-1997-27 14. Hubble Reveals Huge Crater on the Surface of the Asteroid Vesta Astronomers have used the Hubble Space telescope to discover a giant impact crater on the asteroid Vesta. (More)
• 3/27/1997 STScI-1997-08 15. Hale-Bopp Observations with Hubble and IUE Surprise Astronomers Completing an unprecedented yearlong study of Comet Hale-Bopp with two NASA observatories, including the Hubble telescope, astronomers report that they are surprised... (More)

1995

• 10/10/1995 STScI-1995-40 16. Hubble Maps the Asteroid Vesta These two surface maps of the asteroid Vesta are derived from Hubble telescope images taken between November 28 and December 1, 1994. The pictures show surface details... (More)
• 4/19/1995 STScI-1995-20 17. Asteroid or Mini-Planet? Hubble Maps the Ancient Surface of Vesta Hubble telescope images of the asteroid Vesta are providing astronomers with a glimpse of the oldest terrain... (More)

1994

• 7/23/1994 STScI-1994-36 18. Flat Projection of Large Comet Impact on Jupiter This is a NASA's Hubble Space Telescope image of the impact sites of fragments "D" and "G" from Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 which collided with the giant planet Jupiter. (More)

1993

• 10/18/1993 STScI-1993-22 19. Hubble Investigates Comet on a Collision Course with Jupiter NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed look yet at the comet hurtling toward a July 1994 collision with the giant planet Jupiter. Hubble's... (More)