News Release Archive: 2008

2008

• 12/18/2008 STScI-2008-42 1. Hubble Catches Jupiter's Largest Moon Going to the 'Dark Side' NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has caught Jupiter's moon Ganymede playing a game of "peek-a-boo." In this crisp Hubble image, Ganymede... (More)
• 12/9/2008 STScI-2008-41 2. Hubble Finds Carbon Dioxide on an Extrasolar Planet NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This is an important step along the trail of finding... (More)
• 12/4/2008 STScI-2008-40 3. A Celestial Snow Globe of Stars Like a whirl of shiny flakes sparkling in a snow globe, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope catches an instantaneous glimpse of many hundreds of thousands... (More)
• 11/20/2008 STScI-2008-38 4. Hubble Resolves Puzzle about Loner Starburst Galaxy Astronomers have long puzzled over why a small, nearby, isolated galaxy is pumping out new stars faster than any galaxy in our local neighborhood. (More)
• 11/13/2008 STScI-2008-39 5. Hubble Directly Observes Planet Orbiting Fomalhaut Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet orbiting another star. The images show the planet, named Fomalhaut... (More)
• 10/30/2008 STScI-2008-37 6. Hubble Scores a Perfect Ten NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business. Just a couple of days after the orbiting observatory was brought back online, Hubble aimed its prime working camera... (More)
• 10/2/2008 STScI-2008-34 7. A Celestial Landscape in Celebration of 10 Years of Stunning Hubble Heritage Images The landmark 10th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's Hubble Heritage Project is being celebrated with a 'landscape'... (More)
• 9/30/2008 STScI-2008-35 8. When It Comes to Galaxies, Diversity Is Everywhere There's an old saying in astronomy: "Galaxies are like people. They're only normal until you get to know them." That view is supported by a group of astronomers... (More)
• 9/23/2008 STScI-2008-36 9. STScI Astrophysicist Adam Riess Receives MacArthur Fellowship The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today named Adam Riess of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and the Johns Hopkins University among 25 new MacArthur... (More)
• 9/16/2008 STScI-2008-33 10. Galaxy Silhouettes NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare alignment between two spiral galaxies. The outer rim of a small, foreground galaxy is silhouetted in front of a larger background galaxy. Skeletal... (More)