2002 (continued)

• 9/19/2002 STScI-2002-24 101. Space Movie Reveals Shocking Secrets of the Crab Pulsar Just when it seemed like the summer movie season had ended, two of NASA's Great Observatories have produced their own action movie. Multiple observations... (More)
• 7/3/2002 STScI-2002-15 102. Colorful Fireworks Finale Caps a Star's Life Glowing gaseous streamers of red, white, and blue — as well as green and pink — illuminate the heavens like Fourth of July fireworks. The colorful streamers... (More)
• 4/24/2002 STScI-2002-10 103. Hubble Uncovers Oldest "Clocks" in Space to Read Age of Universe Pushing the limits of its powerful vision, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered the oldest burned-out stars in our Milky Way Galaxy. (More)

2001

• 11/27/2001 STScI-2001-38 104. Hubble Makes First Direct Measurements of Atmosphere on World Around another Star Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have made the first direct detection of the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a star outside... (More)
• 10/4/2001 STScI-2001-33 105. Peering into the Core of a Globular Cluster Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to peer into the center of a dense swarm of stars called Omega Centauri. Located some 17,000 light-years... (More)
• 7/12/2001 STScI-2001-19 106. Magnetic Fields Weave Rings Around Stars There are stars with planets. Stars with companion stars. Stars with pancake-shaped disks of rocky debris. But how about young, hot, hefty stars embedded in large inner tube-shaped... (More)
• 4/26/2001 STScI-2001-13 107. 'Survivor' Planets: Astronomers Witness First Steps of Planet Growth - and Destruction Planet formation is a hazardous process. New pictures from the Hubble telescope are giving astronomers the first direct visual evidence... (More)
• 4/2/2001 STScI-2001-09 108. Blast from the Past: Farthest Supernova Ever Seen Sheds Light on Dark Universe Gazing to the far reaches of space and time, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope identified the farthest stellar explosion... (More)

2000

• 11/9/2000 STScI-2000-35 109. Hubble Sees Bare Neutron Star Streaking Across Space It's as big as Manhattan Island, is 10 trillion times denser than steel, and is hurtling our way at speeds over 100 times faster than a supersonic jet. An alien spaceship?... (More)
• 9/21/2000 STScI-2000-32 110. Movies from Hubble Show the Changing Faces of Infant Stars Time-lapse movies made from a series of pictures taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are showing astronomers that young stars and their surroundings... (More)
• 8/31/2000 STScI-2000-24 111. He 2-90's Appearance Deceives Astronomers Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have stumbled upon a mysterious object that is grudgingly yielding clues to its identity. A quick glance at the Hubble picture... (More)
• 8/24/2000 STScI-2000-19 112. Hubble Spies Brown Dwarfs in Nearby Stellar Nursery Probing deep within a neighborhood stellar nursery, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope uncovered a swarm of newborn brown dwarfs. The orbiting observatory's near-infrared... (More)
• 8/24/2000 STScI-2000-29 113. Hubble Takes Census of Elusive Brown Dwarf Stars Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have carried out the most complete inventory to date of brown dwarfs, one of the universe's most elusive... (More)
• 7/13/2000 STScI-2000-23 114. Hubble Watches Star Tear Apart its Neighborhood The Hubble telescope has snapped a view of a stellar demolition zone in our Milky Way Galaxy: a massive star, nearing the end of its life, tearing apart the shell of surrounding... (More)
• 6/1/2000 STScI-2000-15 115. Peering into the Heart of the Crab Nebula In the year 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers were startled by the appearance of a new star, so bright that it was visible in broad daylight for several weeks. (More)
• 4/6/2000 STScI-2000-13 116. Suspected Protoplanet May Really Be a Distant Star Follow-up observations of an unusual object initially suspected to be the first directly detected planet outside our solar... (More)
• 3/16/2000 STScI-2000-05 117. Hubble Finds Young Stars in Cosmic Dance This composite image, made with two cameras aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows a pair of 12 light-year-long jets of gas blasted... (More)
• 2/16/2000 STScI-2000-11 118. Onset of Titanic Collision Lights Up Supernova Ring NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is giving astronomers a ringside seat to a never before seen violent celestial "main attraction" unfolding in a galaxy 169,000 light-years... (More)
• 1/15/2000 STScI-2000-02 119. Beta Pictoris Disk Hides Giant Elliptical Ring System The planetary dust disk around the nearby star Beta Pictoris is dynamically "ringing like a bell," say astronomers investigating Hubble telescope images. The "clapper"... (More)
• 1/13/2000 STScI-2000-04 120. An Expanding Bubble in Space A star 40 times more massive than the Sun is blowing a giant bubble of material into space. In this colorful picture, the Hubble telescope has captured a glimpse of the expanding bubble... (More)

1999

• 12/2/1999 STScI-1999-44 121. Hubble Telescope Reveals Swarm of Glittering Stars in Nearby Galaxy Peering at a small area within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the Hubble telescope has provided the deepest color picture ever obtained in this satellite... (More)
• 10/7/1999 STScI-1999-35 122. Hubble Heritage Project's First Anniversary To mark the first anniversary of the Hubble Heritage Project, we present four Hubble telescope images of nebulae surrounding stars in our own Milky Way Galaxy. ... (More)
• 9/29/1999 STScI-1999-33 123. Hubble Captures a Grand View of the Birth of "Hefty" Stars Pictures taken in infrared and visible light by the Hubble telescope recount a vivid story of the turbulent birthing process of massive stars. (More)
• 8/12/1999 STScI-1999-24 124. Bloated Stars Swallow Giant Planets The phrase "big fish eat little fish" may hold true when it comes to planets and stars. Perhaps as many as 100 million of the Sun-like stars in our galaxy harbor close-orbiting... (More)
• 6/10/1999 STScI-1999-23 125. A Butterfly-Shaped "Papillon" Nebula Yields Secrets of Massive Star Birth Here is a Hubble telescope view of a turbulent cauldron of star birth called N159, which is taking place 170,000 light-years away in our satellite galaxy... (More)
• 6/2/1999 STScI-1999-21 126. Hubble Picture Adds to Planet-Making Recipe The Hubble telescope has snapped a nearly face-on view of a swirling disk of dust and gas surrounding a developing star called AB Aurigae. The image, taken in visible... (More)
• 6/1/1999 STScI-1999-20 127. Hubble Snapshot Captures Life Cycle of Stars In this stunning picture of the giant galactic nebula NGC 3603, the Hubble telescope's crisp resolution captures various stages... (More)
• 5/25/1999 STScI-1999-19 128. Hubble Completes Eight-Year Effort to Measure Expanding Universe The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project team today announced that it has completed efforts to measure precise distances to far-flung galaxies, an essential ingredient... (More)
• 3/4/1999 STScI-1999-08 129. 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)
• 2/9/1999 STScI-1999-05 130. Vast Stellar Disks Set Stage for Planet Birth in New Hubble Images Dramatic pictures of eerie disks of dust encircling young stars are giving astronomers a new look at what may be the early formative... (More)
• 2/4/1999 STScI-1999-04 131. SN1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud Glittering stars and wisps of gas create a breathtaking backdrop for the self-destruction of a massive star, called supernova 1987A, in the Large Magellanic... (More)
• 1/8/1999 STScI-1999-03 132. Hubble Views of Dust Disks and Rings Surrounding Young Stars Yield Clues NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers their first views of a dust ring around the star HR 4796A and a dark gap dividing... (More)

1998

• 11/5/1998 STScI-1998-38 133. Great Balls of Fire! Hubble Sees Bright Knots Ejected From Brilliant Star Resembling an aerial fireworks explosion, this dramatic Hubble telescope picture of the energetic star WR124 reveals that it is surrounded... (More)
• 10/21/1998 STScI-1998-28 134. 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)
• 5/28/1998 STScI-1998-19 135. Hubble Takes First Image of a Possible Planet around Another Star and Finds a Runaway World The Hubble telescope has given astronomers their first direct look at what is possibly a planet outside... (More)
• 2/10/1998 STScI-1998-08 136. Shock Wave Sheds New Light on Fading Supernova The Hubble telescope is giving astronomers a ringside seat to a never-before-seen titanic collision of an onrushing stellar shock wave with an eerie glowing... (More)
• 1/9/1998 STScI-1998-07 137. A New Class of X-ray Star? Teaming up space telescopes to make simultaneous ultraviolet and X-ray observations, astronomers may have solved a 20-year-old mystery and possibly discovered... (More)
• 1/8/1998 STScI-1998-02 138. Hubble Pinpoints Distant Supernovae Peering halfway across the universe to analyze light from exploded stars that died long before our Sun even existed, the Hubble telescope has allowed astronomers to determine that the expansion... (More)
• 1/7/1998 STScI-1998-03 139. Astronomers Have Found a New Twist in a Suspected Proto-Planetary Disk A telltale new warp uncovered in a vast, thin disk of dust encircling the star Beta Pictoris may be caused by the gravitational tug of a bypassing... (More)

1997

• 12/4/1997 STScI-1997-39 140. One Star's Loss is Another's Gain: Hubble Captures Brief Moment in Life of Lively Duo Some stars in double-star systems have found a quick way to lose weight by dumping... (More)
• 10/29/1997 STScI-1997-35 141. Hubble Catches Up with a Blue Straggler Star Astronomers have long been mystified by observations of a few hot, bright, apparently young stars residing in well-established communities where most of their neighbors... (More)
• 10/8/1997 STScI-1997-33 142. Hubble Identifies What May Be the Most Luminous Star Known Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have identified what may be the most luminous star known ? a celestial mammoth that releases up to 10 million... (More)
• 9/24/1997 STScI-1997-32 143. Hubble Sees a Neutron Star Alone in Space Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have taken their first direct look in visible light at a lone neutron star. This view offers a unique opportunity to pinpoint... (More)
• 9/18/1997 STScI-1997-29 144. 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)
• 8/6/1997 STScI-1997-26 145. Hubble Separates Stars in the Mira Binary System Although the giant star Mira has been known for about 400 years, astronomers have had to wait for the Hubble telescope to provide the first ultraviolet-light... (More)
• 6/9/1997 STScI-1997-19 146. Hubble Reveals Invisible High-Speed Collision around Supernova 1987A The highest velocity material expelled in a cataclysmic, stellar explosion 10 years ago has been detected for the first time by the Hubble telescope's imaging spectrograph. (More)
• 5/12/1997 STScI-1997-14 147. Hubble Chemically Analyzes the Ring around Supernova 1987A These pictures from the Hubble telescope's imaging spectrograph provide a new and unprecedented look at one of the most unique and complex structures in the universe... (More)
• 1/14/1997 STScI-1997-02 148. Hubble Finds Intergalactic Stars The Hubble telescope has found a long-sought population of "stellar outcasts" ? stars tossed out of their home galaxies into the dark emptiness of intergalactic space. (More)
• 1/14/1997 STScI-1997-03 149. Supernova Blast Begins Taking Shape Though the brightest supernova in four centuries lit up the southern sky almost exactly 10 years ago on Feb. 23, 1987, astronomers have waited a decade for the ballooning fireball... (More)

1996

• 12/10/1996 STScI-1996-04 150. Hubble Space Telescope Captures First Direct Image of a Star This is the first direct image of a star other than the Sun. Called Alpha Orionis, or Betelgeuse, the star is a red super giant, a Sun-like star nearing... (More)