2006 (continued)

• 8/21/2006 STScI-2006-39 11. NASA Finds Direct Proof of Dark Matter Dark matter and normal matter have been wrenched apart by the tremendous collision of two large clusters of galaxies. This composite image shows the galaxy cluster 1E 0657-56... (More)
• 8/8/2006 STScI-2006-38 12. Hubble Identifies Stellar Companion to Distant Planet NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has for the first time identified the parent star of a distant planet (system name OGLE-2003-BLG-235L/MOA-2003-BLG-53L) discovered... (More)
• 5/23/2006 STScI-2006-23 13. Hubble Captures a "Five-Star" Rated Gravitational Lens NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first-ever picture of a group of five star-like images of a single distant quasar. (More)
• 5/16/2006 STScI-2006-21 14. Astronomer Wins Top Prize for Creating Black Hole Web Site Explore the world of black holes in an award-winning Web site created by a team led by Roeland van der Marel, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science... (More)
• 5/10/2006 STScI-2006-20 15. Hubble Finds that Earth is Safe from One Class of Gamma-ray Burst Homeowners may have to worry about floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes destroying their homes, but at least they can remove long-duration... (More)

2005

• 11/17/2005 STScI-2005-32 16. Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings Astronomers have combined two powerful astronomical assets, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, to identify 19 new "gravitationally... (More)
• 9/20/2005 STScI-2005-26 17. Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk of Blue Stars Around Black Hole Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have identified the source of a mysterious blue light surrounding a supermassive black hole in our neighboring... (More)
• 9/14/2005 STScI-2005-13 18. Black Hole in Search of a Home A team of European astronomers has used two of the most powerful astronomical facilities available, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's... (More)

2004

• 7/22/2004 STScI-2004-21 19. A Day in the Lives of Galaxies Like a photographer clicking random snapshots of a crowd of people, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken a view of an eclectic mix of galaxies. In taking this picture... (More)
• 7/15/2004 STScI-2004-24 20. Astronomers Measure Mass of a Single Star — First Since the Sun Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a single star — the first time such a feat has been accomplished for any solitary... (More)