4/5/2001STScI-2001-1031.Hubble Reveals the Heart of the Whirlpool Galaxy
New pictures from the Hubble telescope are giving astronomers a detailed view of the Whirlpool galaxy's spiral arms and dust clouds... (More)
3/1/2001STScI-2001-0733.NGC 4013: A Galaxy on the Edge
The Hubble telescope has snapped this remarkable view of a perfectly "edge-on" galaxy, NGC 4013. This new Hubble picture reveals with exquisite... (More)
11/30/2000STScI-2000-3736.Hubble Captures an Extraordinary and Powerful Active Galaxy
The Hubble telescope has taken a snapshot of a nearby active galaxy known as Circinus. This active galaxy belongs to a class of mostly spiral galaxies called Seyferts... (More)
1999
10/6/1999STScI-1999-3437.Starry Bulges Yield Secrets to Galaxy Growth
The Hubble telescope is uncovering important new clues to a galaxy's birth and growth by peering into its heart — a bulge of millions of stars resembling a bulbous... (More)
6/3/1999STScI-1999-2538.Magnificent Details in a Dusty Spiral Galaxy
The Key Project team used this Hubble telescope view of the magnificent spiral galaxy, NGC 4414, to help calculate the expansion rate of the universe. (More)
5/6/1999STScI-1999-1639.Internet Voters Get Two Galaxies in One from Hubble
Located about 130 million light-years away, NGC 4650A is one of only 100 known polar-ring galaxies. Their unusual disk-ring structure is not yet understood... (More)
3/18/1999STScI-1999-1040.Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery
Astronomers have used the Hubble telescope to produce an infrared "photo essay" of spiral galaxies. By penetrating the dust clouds swirling around the centers of these galaxies, the telescope's... (More)