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5/9/2013 STScI-2013-18 1. Hubble Finds Dead Stars 'Polluted' with Planet Debris Deep inside the Hyades star cluster, a pair of burned-out stars are yielding clues to the presence of rocky planets that may have whirled around them. Asteroid... (More)

11/1/2012 STScI-2012-44 2. Asteroid Belts of Just the Right Size are Friendly to Life Solar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just the right mass, according... (More)

4/28/2011 STScI-2011-13 3. NASA's SWIFT and Hubble Probe Asteroid Collision Debris Late last year, astronomers noticed an asteroid named Scheila had unexpectedly brightened, and it was sporting short-lived plumes. Data from NASA's Swift satellite... (More)

10/13/2010 STScI-2010-34 4. Hubble Finds that a Bizarre X-Shaped Intruder Is Linked to an Unseen Asteroid Collision Last January astronomers thought they had witnessed a fresh collision between two asteroids... (More)
10/8/2010 STScI-2010-33 5. NASA Mission to Asteroid Gets Help from Hubble Space Telescope NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of the large asteroid Vesta that will help scientists refine plans for the Dawn spacecraft's rendezvous... (More)
6/3/2010 STScI-2010-16 6. Hubble Images Suggest Rogue Asteroid Smacked Jupiter Without warning, a mystery object struck Jupiter on July 19, 2009, leaving a dark bruise the size of the Pacific Ocean. The spot first caught the eye of an amateur astronomer... (More)
2/2/2010 STScI-2010-07 7. Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Odd X-Pattern of Trailing Debris Something awfully curious is happening 100 million miles from Earth in the asteroid belt. There's a newly discovered object that superficially... (More)

6/20/2007 STScI-2007-27 8. Hubble Images of Asteroids Help Astronomers Prepare for Spacecraft Visit These Hubble Space Telescope images of Vesta and Ceres show two of the most massive asteroids in the asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter. (More)

9/7/2005 STScI-2005-27 9. Largest Asteroid May Be 'Mini Planet' with Water Ice Observations of Ceres, the largest known asteroid, have revealed that the object may be a "mini planet," sharing many characteristics of the rocky, terrestrial... (More)

11/11/2004 STScI-2004-31 10. Hubble Tracks Asteroid's Sky Trek While analyzing NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of the Sagittarius dwarf irregular galaxy (SagDIG), an international team of astronomers led by Simone Marchi, Yazan Momany... (More)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)