2/7/2002STScI-2002-0381.Hubble Reveals "Backwards" Spiral Galaxy
Astronomers have found a spiral galaxy that may be spinning to the beat of a different cosmic drummer. To the surprise of astronomers, the galaxy, called NGC 4622, appears to be rotating... (More)
1/8/2002STScI-2002-0282.Stellar 'Fireworks Finale' Came First in the Young Universe
The deepest views of the cosmos from the Hubble Space Telescope yield clues that the very first stars may have burst into the universe as brilliantly and spectacularly... (More)
2001
11/1/2001STScI-2001-3783.Hubble Reveals Ultraviolet Galactic Ring
The appearance of a galaxy can depend strongly on the color of the light with which it is viewed. This Hubble Heritage image of NGC 6782 illustrates a pronounced example of this effect. (More)
9/6/2001STScI-2001-2685.A Galaxy Blazes With Star Formation
Most galaxies form new stars at a fairly slow rate, but members of a rare class known as "starburst" galaxies blaze with extremely active star formation. (More)
8/2/2001STScI-2001-2387.Hubble Photographs Warped Galaxy as Camera Passes Milestone
The Hubble telescope has captured an image of an unusual edge-on galaxy, revealing remarkable details of its warped dusty disk and showing how colliding galaxies... (More)
7/26/2001STScI-2001-2188.Hubble's Panoramic Portrait of a Vast Star-Forming Region
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a panoramic portrait of a vast, sculpted landscape of gas and dust where thousands of stars are being born. This fertile... (More)
7/19/2001STScI-2001-2289.Star Clusters Born in the Wreckage of Cosmic Collisions
In the beginning of the 1946 holiday film classic "It's a Wonderful Life," angelic figures take on the form of a famous group of compact galaxies... (More)
7/10/2001STScI-2001-2590.Hubble Snaps Picture of Remarkable Double Cluster
These two dazzling clusters of stars, called NGC 1850, are found in one of our neighboring galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The photo's centerpiece is a young, "globular-like"... (More)