News Release Archive: Cosmology > Distant Galaxies

1996 (continued)

• 11/19/1996 STScI-1996-35 31. Hubble Surveys the "Homes" of Quasars Dramatic Hubble telescope pictures reveal that quasars live in a remarkable assortment of galaxies, many of which are violently colliding. This complicated picture suggests... (More)
• 9/4/1996 STScI-1996-29 32. Hubble Sees Early Building Blocks of Today's Galaxies New Hubble telescope images unveil what may be galaxies under construction in the early universe. ... (More)
• 6/26/1996 STScI-1996-24 33. Findings from Hubble Deep Field Hone in on Distant Galaxies Astronomers analyzing the Hubble Deep Field — the faintest view of the universe taken with the Hubble telescope — may have identified... (More)
• 5/9/1996 STScI-1996-21 34. 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)
• 1/15/1996 STScI-1996-01 35. Hubble's Deepest View of the Universe Unveils Bewildering Galaxies across Billions of Years One peek into a small part of the sky, one giant leap back in time. The Hubble telescope has provided mankind's deepest, most detailed... (More)

1995

• 10/18/1995 STScI-1995-43 36. Hubble Discovers New Class of Gravitational Lens for Probing the Structure of the Cosmos The Hubble telescope has discovered a new, distant class of quadruple or cross-shaped gravitational lenses. (More)
• 7/24/1995 STScI-1995-08 37. Hubble Sheds Light on the "Faint Blue Galaxy" Mystery Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have solved a 20-year-old mystery by showing that a class of galaxies once thought to be rare is actually... (More)
• 4/5/1995 STScI-1995-14 38. Hubble Views Distant Galaxies through a Cosmic Lens This Hubble telescope image of a rich cluster of galaxies called Abell 2218 is a spectacular example of gravitational lensing. The arc-like pattern... (More)

1994

• 7/24/1995 STScI-1994-39 39. Hubble Space Telescope Deep Sky Survey Finds Huge Numbers of Irregular and Peculiar Galaxies NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a variety of galaxies with normal, irregular and peculiar shapes. These galaxies... (More)
• 12/6/1994 STScI-1994-52 40. Hubble Identifies Primeval Galaxies, Uncovers New Clues to the Universe's Evolution Astronomers using the Hubble telescope as a "time machine" have obtained the clearest views yet of distant galaxies that existed when the universe... (More)