2002 (continued)

• 4/17/2002 STScI-2002-04 61. 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 62. 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 63. 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 64. 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)
• 5/17/2001 STScI-2001-14 65. Astronomers Puzzled over Comet LINEAR's Missing Pieces Astronomers analyzing debris from a comet that broke apart last summer spied pieces as small as smoke-sized particles and as large as football-field-sized fragments. (More)

2000

• 12/14/2000 STScI-2000-38 66. Satellite Footprints Seen in Jupiter Aurora In this Hubble telescope picture, a curtain of glowing gas is wrapped around Jupiter's north pole like a lasso. This curtain of light, called an aurora, is produced when high-energy... (More)
• 9/14/2000 STScI-2000-31 67. 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)
• 8/7/2000 STScI-2000-27 68. Hubble Discovers Missing Pieces of Comet Linear To the surprise and delight of astronomers, the Hubble telescope discovered a small armada of "mini-comets" left behind from what some scientists had prematurely thought... (More)
• 7/28/2000 STScI-2000-26 69. Hubble Sees Comet Linear Blow its Top Lackluster comet LINEAR (C/1999 S4) unexpectedly threw astronomers a curve. Using the Hubble telescope, researchers were surprised to catch the icy comet in a brief, violent... (More)

1999

• 8/5/1999 STScI-1999-29 70. Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter When 17th-century astronomers first turned their telescopes to Jupiter, they noted a conspicuous reddish spot on the giant planet. (More)
• 6/30/1999 STScI-1999-27 71. A Closer Encounter with Mars Taking advantage of Mars's closest approach to Earth in eight years, astronomers using the Hubble telescope have taken the space-based observatory's sharpest views yet of the Red Planet. (More)
• 5/19/1999 STScI-1999-22 72. Colossal Cyclone Swirls near Martian North Pole Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have discovered an enormous cyclonic storm system raging in the northern polar regions of the planet Mars. (More)
• 4/20/1999 STScI-1999-13 73. Hubble Clicks Images of Io Sweeping across Jupiter While hunting for volcanic plumes on Io, the Hubble telescope captured these images of the volatile moon sweeping across the giant face of Jupiter. (More)
• 4/16/1999 STScI-1999-14 74. Hubble Shoots the Moon In a change of venue from peering at the distant universe, the Hubble telescope has taken a look at Earth's closest neighbor in space, the Moon. Hubble was aimed at one of the Moon's most dramatic... (More)
• 3/29/1999 STScI-1999-11 75. Huge Spring Storms Rouse Uranus from Winter Hibernation If springtime on Earth were anything like it will be on Uranus, we would be experiencing waves of massive storms, each one covering the country... (More)
• 3/4/1999 STScI-1999-08 76. 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)
• 2/25/1999 STScI-1999-07 77. Martian Colors Provide Clues about Martian Water Hubble telescope images of Mars detail a rich geologic history and provide further evidence for water-bearing minerals on the planet's surface. (More)

1998

• 10/21/1998 STScI-1998-28 78. Astronomers Unveil Colorful Hubble Photo Gallery A vibrant celestial photo album of some of NASA Hubble Space Telescope's most stunning views of the universe is being unveiled today on the Internet. Called the Hubble Heritage... (More)
• 10/14/1998 STScI-1998-34 79. Hubble Provides a Moving Look at Neptune's Stormy Disposition Using powerful ground- and space-based telescopes, scientists have obtained a moving look at some of the wildest, weirdest weather in the solar system. ... (More)
• 10/14/1998 STScI-1998-35 80. Hubble Finds Many Bright Clouds on Uranus A Hubble telescope infrared view of Uranus reveals that the planet is surrounded by its four major rings and by 10 of its 17 known satellites. ... (More)