2003 (continued)

• 9/9/2003 STScI-2003-23 61. The Slant on Saturn's Rings This is a series of images of Saturn, as seen at many different wavelengths, when the planet's rings were at their maximum tilt of 27 degrees toward Earth. Saturn experiences seasonal... (More)
• 9/6/2003 STScI-2003-25 62. Farthest, Faintest Solar System Objects Found Beyond Neptune Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered three of the faintest and smallest objects ever detected beyond Neptune. (More)
• 9/5/2003 STScI-2003-26 63. Hubble Assists Rosetta Comet Mission Results from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope played a major role in preparing ESA's ambitious Rosetta mission for its new target, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P/C-G). (More)
• 8/27/2003 STScI-2003-22 64. Mars: Closest Encounter These two images, taken 11 hours apart with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, reveal two nearly opposite sides of Mars. Hubble snapped these photos as the red planet was making its closest approach... (More)
• 5/15/2003 STScI-2003-17 65. Brighter Neptune Suggests a Planetary Change of Seasons Springtime is blooming on Neptune! This might sound like an oxymoron because Neptune is the farthest and coldest of the major planets. But observations... (More)

2002

• 10/7/2002 STScI-2002-17 66. Hubble Spots an Icy World Far Beyond Pluto NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has measured the largest object discovered in the solar system since the discovery of Pluto 72 years ago. Approximately... (More)
• 4/17/2002 STScI-2002-04 67. Hubble Hunts Down Binary Objects at the Fringe of Our Solar System The Hubble Space Telescope is hot on the trail of a puzzling new class of solar system object that might be called a Pluto "mini-me."... (More)

2001

• 10/11/2001 STScI-2001-31 68. Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars A pair of eagle-eyed NASA spacecraft — the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) and Hubble Space Telescope — are giving amazed astronomers a ringside seat to the biggest... (More)
• 7/5/2001 STScI-2001-24 69. Hubble Captures Best View of Mars Ever Obtained From Earth Frosty white water ice clouds and swirling orange dust storms above a vivid rusty landscape reveal Mars as a dynamic planet in this sharpest... (More)
• 6/7/2001 STScI-2001-15 70. A Change of Seasons on Saturn Looming like a giant flying saucer in our outer solar system, Saturn puts on a show as the planet and its magnificent ring system nod majestically over the course of its 29-year... (More)