News Release Archive: 1993

1993

• 11/8/1993 STScI-1993-23 1. Hubble Space Telscope Deep-sky Survey Finds Interacting Galaxies in a Cluster In one of the deepest celestial surveys yet made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a small group of previously unknown... (More)
• 10/18/1993 STScI-1993-22 2. Hubble Investigates Comet on a Collision Course with Jupiter NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed look yet at the comet hurtling toward a July 1994 collision with the giant planet Jupiter. Hubble's... (More)
• 9/30/1993 STScI-1993-21 3. 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)
• 9/9/1993 STScI-1993-30 4. HST Snaps Optical Jet of Quasar 3c 273 The Green (V band) image (left) shows the field around the quasar 3c 273 (courtesy Matthew Colless, David Schade and the CFHT). The optical jet can be seen SW of the quasar. (More)
• 8/27/1993 STScI-1993-20 5. Core of the Globular Cluster NGC 6624 This is a comparison of pictures of the core of the globular cluster NGC 6624, as imaged with the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. (More)
• 7/20/1993 STScI-1993-18 6. Hubble Space Telescope Finds a Double Nucleus in the Andromeda Galaxy A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a "double nucleus" in the center of the neighboring... (More)
• 7/16/1993 STScI-1993-19 7. Hubble Observations Support Black Hole Explanation For Active Galaxies A team of astronomers reports that recent NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of the nearest Seyfert galaxy, NGC 4395, further support... (More)
• 6/17/1993 STScI-1993-10 8. Comparison of a WFPC2 Thermal Vacuum Globular Cluster-Mask Image to Wfpc1 After NASA Hubble Space Telescope's refurbishment to correct spherical aberration, its resolution for imaging stars is expected to increase... (More)
• 6/10/1993 STScI-1993-17 9. HST Reveals Stunning Detail in Herbig-Haro Object NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has provided astronomers with their clearest look yet at a vast cloud of gas being heated by the birth of a new star. Called Herbig-Haro... (More)
• 6/9/1993 STScI-1993-15 10. A Lighthouse Beacon From the Core of an Active Galaxy A NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) view of the core of the barred spiral Seyfert galaxy NGC 5728 reveals a spectacular bi-conical... (More)
• 6/9/1993 STScI-1993-13 11. Hubble Finds Evidence of Stellar Close Encounters: Bright Blue Stars and Naked Cores NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has discovered a new population of stars isolated deep in the core of M15, one of the densest... (More)
• 6/9/1993 STScI-1993-31 12. 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)
• 6/8/1993 STScI-1993-16 13. Hubble Reveals Young Starburst Activity in Colliding Galaxies A NASA Hubble Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1741, a pair of colliding galaxies undergoing a burst star formation as a result of a collision. (More)
• 6/8/1993 STScI-1993-12 14. The Baltimore Charter: An Initiative to Improve the Status of Women in Astronomy In an unprecedented effort to better the conditions and opportunities for women in astronomy, the Space Telescope Science Institute... (More)
• 6/7/1993 STScI-1993-14 15. STScI Preparing a Desktop Universe For Astronomers Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland report that their ambitious program to make a digitized survey of the entire sky available... (More)
• 5/25/1993 STScI-1993-11 16. What Happens When Galaxies Collide? Hubble Space Telescope Finds New Surprises NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has discovered a new population of exceptionally bright and young star clusters at the heart of a head-on... (More)
• 4/14/1993 STScI-1993-09 17. HST Reveals Growth Processes of Young Star NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has provided astronomers with their clearest look yet at a vast cloud of gas being heated by the birth of a new star. Called Herbig-Haro... (More)
• 4/2/1993 STScI-1993-07 18. NASA Recognizes HST Guide Star Catalog Developers Citing "teamwork and dedication in the development of the world's largest star catalog to be used in pointing the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)"... (More)
• 4/2/1993 STScI-1993-08 19. Riccardo Giacconi Awarded NASA's Distinguished Public Service Medal Dr. Riccardo Giacconi, former Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), has been awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal for his outstanding... (More)
• 3/29/1993 STScI-1993-06 20. Young Astronomers Awarded Hubble Fellowships and Opportunity to Study HST Discoveries The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has selected 15 new scientists for the Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The awardees... (More)
• 1/7/1993 STScI-1993-03 21. Hubble Space Telescope Discovers a Double Nucleus in the Core of an Active Galaxy Astronomers announced today the discovery of a double nucleus in the active galaxy Markarian 315. The discovery... (More)
• 1/6/1993 STScI-1993-01 22. Hubble Reveals New Details in a Supernova's Blast Wave This is an image of a small portion of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope... (More)
• 1/6/1993 STScI-1993-04 23. High Velocity Clouds Found to Dwell in Milky Way's Halo Astronomer Laura Danly of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has taken a major step in solving a 3 year old mystery by measuring... (More)
• 1/5/1993 STScI-1993-02 24. Hubble Finds a Young Planetary Nebula This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture of a recently-formed “planetary nebula,” known as Hen 1357. This expanding cloud of gas was ejected from the aging star in the center. (More)
• 1/4/1993 STScI-1993-05 25. Dark Matter Found in a "Typical" Cluster of Galaxies Astronomer John S. Mulchaey, of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STSCI) and fellow team members announced today the discovery of a huge concentration... (More)