6/2/2005STScI-2005-1852.NASA's Space Eyes Focus on Deep Impact Target
On July 4, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will attempt an extraordinarily daring encounter with the far-flung comet Tempel 1 hurtling through space at tens of thousands... (More)
2/16/2005STScI-2005-0653.Saturn's Auroras Defy Scientists' Expectations
The dancing light of the auroras on Saturn behaves in ways different from how scientists have thought possible for the last 25 years. New research by a team of astronomers... (More)
2004
11/11/2004STScI-2004-3154.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)
11/4/2004STScI-2004-3055.Hubble Spots Rare Triple Eclipse on Jupiter
At first glance, Jupiter looks like it has a mild case of the measles. Five spots – one colored white, one blue, and three black – are scattered... (More)
5/26/2004STScI-2004-1857.Saturn Seen from Far and Near
As Saturn grows closer through the eyes of the Cassini spacecraft, which is hurtling toward a rendezvous with the ringed world on June 30 (July 1, Universal Time), both Cassini... (More)
4/14/2004STScI-2004-1458.Hubble Observes Planetoid Sedna, Mystery Deepens
Astronomers poring over 35 NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of the solar system's farthest known object, unofficially named Sedna, are surprised... (More)
1/22/2004STScI-2004-0559.The Colorful Lives of the Outer Planets
Atmospheric features on Uranus and Neptune are revealed in images taken with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and the Advanced Camera for Surveys... (More)