1997 (continued)

• 9/18/1997 STScI-1997-29 431. 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)
• 9/17/1997 STScI-1997-31 432. Hubble Watches the Red Planet as Mars Global Surveyor Begins Aerobraking This Hubble telescope picture of Mars was taken Sept. 12, 1997, one day after the arrival of the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft... (More)
• 9/16/1997 STScI-1997-30 433. Hubble Stays on Trail of Fading Gamma-Ray Burst Fireball, Results Point to Extragalactic Origin Hubble telescope observations of the ever-fading fireball from one of the universe's most mysterious phenomena ? a gamma-ray... (More)
• 9/10/1997 STScI-1997-28 434. Hubble Finds a Bare Black Hole Pouring Out Light Probing the heart of the active galaxy NGC 6251, the Hubble telescope has provided a never-before-seen view of a warped disk or ring of dust caught in a blazing... (More)
• 9/4/1997 STScI-1997-27 435. Hubble Reveals Huge Crater on the Surface of the Asteroid Vesta Astronomers have used the Hubble Space telescope to discover a giant impact crater on the asteroid Vesta. (More)
• 8/6/1997 STScI-1997-26 436. 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)
• 7/30/1997 STScI-1997-25 437. World's Most Powerful Telescopes Team Up With a Lens in Nature to Discover Farthest Galaxy in the Universe An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant galaxy in the universe... (More)
• 7/15/1997 STScI-1997-24 438. Hubble Sees Rapid Weather Changes On Mars, New Dust Activity Astronomers using the Hubble telescope to track weather on Mars and how it might affect the Pathfinder landing... (More)
• 7/1/1997 STScI-1997-23 439. Hubble's Look At Mars Shows Canyon Dust Storm, Cloudy Conditions For Pathfinder Landing Hubble telescope pictures of Mars, taken June 27, 1997 in preparation for the July 4 landing of the Pathfinder spacecraft... (More)
• 6/19/1997 STScI-1997-21 440. Hubble Captures Volcanic Eruption Plume From Io The Hubble telescope has snapped a picture of a 400-kilometer-high (250-mile-high) plume of gas and dust from a volcanic eruption on Io, Jupiter's large, innermost moon. (More)