2013

• 6/13/2013 STScI-2013-20 1. Hubble Uncovers Evidence for Extrasolar Planet Under Construction Nearly 900 extrasolar planets have been confirmed to date, but now for the first time astronomers think they are seeing compelling evidence for a planet under construction... (More)
• 6/4/2013 STScI-2013-21 2. 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)

2012

• 2/15/2012 STScI-2012-12 3. Astronomers Watch Delayed Broadcast of a Powerful Stellar Eruption Astronomers are watching a delayed broadcast of a spectacular outburst from the unstable, behemoth double-star system Eta Carinae, an event initially... (More)

2011

• 5/23/2011 STScI-2011-15 4. Hubble Views the Star that Changed the Universe Though the universe is filled with billions upon billions of stars, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been trained on a single variable star that in 1923 altered... (More)
• 3/14/2011 STScI-2011-08 5. NASA's Hubble Rules Out One Alternative to Dark Energy Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have ruled out an alternate theory on the nature of dark energy after recalculating the expansion... (More)

2009

• 9/9/2009 STScI-2009-25 6. Hubble Opens New Eyes on the Universe NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, ready to uncover new worlds, peer ever deeper into space, and even map the invisible backbone of the universe. (More)
• 1/6/2009 STScI-2009-04 7. Star Light, Star Bright, Its Explanation is Out of Sight This pair of NASA Hubble Space Telescope pictures shows the appearance of a mysterious burst of light that was detected on February 21, 2006, brightened... (More)

2006

• 10/26/2006 STScI-2006-50 8. 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)
• 5/18/2006 STScI-2006-22 9. Astronomers Use Innovative Technique to Find Extrasolar Planet An international team of professional and amateur astronomers, using simple off-the-shelf equipment to trawl the skies for planets outside our solar system... (More)
• 2/7/2006 STScI-2006-07 10. Hubble Snaps Images of a Pinwheel-Shaped Galaxy This dramatic spiral galaxy is one of the latest viewed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Stunning details of the face-on spiral galaxy, cataloged as NGC 1309, are captured... (More)

2005

• 2/3/2005 STScI-2005-02 11. 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

• 4/8/2004 STScI-2004-13 12. Hubble Sees Stars as Numerous as Grains of Sand in Nearby Galaxy What appear as individual grains of sand on a beach in the image obtained with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are actually myriads... (More)
• 3/4/2004 STScI-2004-10 13. 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

• 9/4/2003 STScI-2003-24 14. Celestial Composition Amid a backdrop of far-off galaxies, the majestic dusty spiral NGC 3370 looms in the foreground in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. Recent observations taken with the Advanced... (More)
• 8/7/2003 STScI-2003-21 15. Too Close for Comfort This Hubble Space Telescope view of the core of one of the nearest globular star clusters, called NGC 6397, resembles a treasure chest of glittering jewels. The cluster is located 8,200 light-years... (More)
• 3/26/2003 STScI-2003-10 16. 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)

1999

• 5/25/1999 STScI-1999-19 17. 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)

1996

• 5/9/1996 STScI-1996-21 18. Hubble Space Telescope on Track for Measuring the Expansion Rate of the Universe Using the Hubble telescope, two international teams of astronomers are reporting major progress in converging on an accurate measurement... (More)

1994

• 10/26/1994 STScI-1994-49 19. Hubble Space Telescope Measures Precise Distance to the Most Remote Galaxy Yet Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have announced the most accurate distance measurement yet to the remote galaxy M100, located... (More)
• 1/13/1994 STScI-1994-02 20. The Spiral Galaxy M100 as Seen With the Hubble's Improved Vision An image of the grand design spiral galaxy M100 obtained with the second generation Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WFPC-2), newly installed... (More)

1993

• 6/9/1993 STScI-1993-31 21. Hubble Takes Major Step in Determining the Age of the Universe A team of astronomers working with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope announced results today of a major step in the Key Project to measure... (More)

1992

• 6/29/1992 STScI-1992-20 22. Hubble Space Telescope Begins To Provide Accurate Distances to Galaxies Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST), an international team of astronomers has taken a major first step in redetermining the expansion... (More)