1/8/2003STScI-2003-04251.Giant Radio Jet Coming from Wrong Kind of Galaxy
These are composite images of the galaxy 0313-192, the first spiral galaxy known to be producing a giant radio-emitting jet. The image at left represents... (More)
1/6/2003STScI-2003-02253.Hubble Reveals Complex Circumstellar Disk
NASA Hubble Space Telescope's new Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) has given astronomers their clearest view yet of the dust disk around a young, 5-million-year-old star. (More)
2002
12/19/2002STScI-2002-16254.A Tiny Galaxy is Born
New detailed images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show a "late-blooming" galaxy, a small, distorted system of gas and stars that still appears to be in the process of development... (More)
12/12/2002STScI-2002-22255.Hubble Watches Galaxies Engage in Dance of Destruction
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing a grouping of galaxies engaging in a slow dance of destruction that will last for billions of years. The galaxies... (More)
12/5/2002STScI-2002-29256.Hubble Photographs 'Double Bubble' in Neighboring Galaxy
A unique peanut-shaped cocoon of dust, called a reflection nebula, surrounds a cluster of young, hot stars in this view from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The "double bubble,"... (More)
11/18/2002STScI-2002-30259.Fast-Flying Black Hole Yields Clues to Supernova Origin
A nearby black hole is hurtling like a cannonball through the disk of our galaxy. The detection of this speed demon is the best evidence yet, some astronomers... (More)
11/7/2002STScI-2002-25260.An Old Star Gives Up the Ghost
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has caught a glimpse of a colorful cosmic ghost, the glowing remains of a dying star called NGC 6369. The glowing apparition is known to amateur... (More)