2013

• 6/4/2013 STScI-2013-21 1. Hubble Maps 3-D Structure of Ejected Material Around Erupting Star After 45 years of peaceful bliss, the nova T Pyxidis erupted again in 2011. Astronomers took advantage of a flash of light accompanying... (More)

2006

• 10/26/2006 STScI-2006-50 2. Hubble's Latest Views of Light Echo from Star V838 Monocerotis These are the most recent NASA Hubble Space Telescope views of an unusual phenomenon in space called a light echo. Light from a star that erupted... (More)

2005

• 2/3/2005 STScI-2005-02 3. Light Continues to Echo Three Years After Stellar Outburst The Hubble Space Telescope's latest image of the star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) reveals dramatic changes in the illumination of surrounding dusty cloud structures. (More)

2004

• 3/4/2004 STScI-2004-10 4. Space Phenomenon Imitates Art in Universe's Version of van Gogh Painting This image resembling Vincent van Gogh's painting, "Starry Night," is Hubble's latest view of an expanding halo of light around a distant... (More)

2003

• 3/26/2003 STScI-2003-10 5. Hubble Watches Light from Mysterious Erupting Star Reverberate Through Space In January 2002, a dull star in an obscure constellation suddenly became 600,000 times more luminous than our Sun, temporarily making it the brightest... (More)

1997

• 9/18/1997 STScI-1997-29 6. Blobs in Space: The Legacy of a Nova Nova eruptions by dying stars were thought to be simple, predictable acts of violence. Astronomers could point a telescope at the most recently exploded... (More)

1994

• 1/13/1994 STScI-1994-06 7. Hubble Sees Changes in Gas Shell around Nova Cygni 1992 The Hubble telescope has given astronomers their best look yet at a rapidly ballooning bubble of gas blasted off a star. ... (More)

1993

• 9/30/1993 STScI-1993-21 8. Hubble Sees Gas Shell Around Nova Cygni 1992 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has given astronomers their earliest look at a rapidly ballooning bubble of gas blasted off a star. The shell surrounds... (More)

1990

• 10/4/1990 STScI-1990-15 9. R Aquarii - A Nearby Exploding Star NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has peered into the inner core of the nearby so-called "symbiotic star", R Aquarii, to reveal dramatic new details of the exploding star. (More)