3/18/1999STScI-1999-10381.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)
3/4/1999STScI-1999-08383.A Mote in Hubble's Eye
The Hubble telescope image is a typical Milky Way star field in the constellation Centaurus. Such snapshots can be used to study the evolution of stars that make up our galaxy. (More)
2/25/1999STScI-1999-07384.Martian Colors Provide Clues about Martian Water
Hubble telescope images of Mars detail a rich geologic history and provide further evidence for water-bearing minerals on the planet's surface. (More)
2/18/1999STScI-1999-06385.Hubble Finds More Evidence of Galactic Cannibalism
This beautiful, eerie silhouette of dark dust clouds against the glowing nucleus of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1316 may represent the aftermath of a 100-million-year-old... (More)
2/4/1999STScI-1999-04387.SN1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Glittering stars and wisps of gas create a breathtaking backdrop for the self-destruction of a massive star, called supernova 1987A, in the Large Magellanic... (More)
1/6/1999STScI-1999-01390.Looking Down a Barrel of Gas at a Doomed Star
Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have obtained the sharpest view yet of a glowing loop of gas called the Ring Nebula (M57), first cataloged... (More)