1998 (continued)

• 12/3/1998 STScI-1998-42 401. Behind a Dusty Veil Lies a Cradle of Star Birth NGC 253 is a large, almost edge-on spiral galaxy, and is one of the nearest galaxies beyond our local neighborhood of galaxies. ... (More)
• 11/23/1998 STScI-1998-41 402. The Universe "Down Under" is the Latest Target for Hubble's Latest Deep-View Turning its penetrating vision toward southern skies, the Hubble telescope has peered down a 12- billion-light-year-long corridor... (More)
• 11/10/1998 STScI-1998-40 403. Leonid Meteor Storm Won't Deter Hubble from Space Observations The anticipated celestial bombardment called the Leonid meteor storm on the afternoon of November 17th, 1998 won't deter the Hubble telescope... (More)
• 11/5/1998 STScI-1998-39 404. A Glowing Pool of Light NGC 3132 is a striking example of a planetary nebula. This expanding cloud of gas surrounding a dying star is known to amateur astronomers in the Southern Hemisphere as the "Eight-Burst"... (More)
• 11/5/1998 STScI-1998-38 405. Great Balls of Fire! Hubble Sees Bright Knots Ejected From Brilliant Star Resembling an aerial fireworks explosion, this dramatic Hubble telescope picture of the energetic star WR124 reveals that it is surrounded... (More)
• 10/26/1998 STScI-1998-37 406. New Research That Uses Gravitationally Lensed Quasars to Measure Universe is Good News, Bad News for Cosmologists Astronomers who are using the Hubble telescope to observe the gravitational lensing of light from distant... (More)
• 10/22/1998 STScI-1998-36 407. Turtle in Space Describes New Hubble Image The Hubble telescope has shown us that the shrouds of gas surrounding dying, Sun-like stars (called planetary nebulae) come in a variety of strange shapes, from an "hourglass"... (More)
• 10/21/1998 STScI-1998-28 408. Astronomers Unveil Colorful Hubble Photo Gallery A vibrant celestial photo album of some of NASA Hubble Space Telescope's most stunning views of the universe is being unveiled today on the Internet. Called the Hubble Heritage... (More)
• 10/14/1998 STScI-1998-35 409. Hubble Finds Many Bright Clouds on Uranus A Hubble telescope infrared view of Uranus reveals that the planet is surrounded by its four major rings and by 10 of its 17 known satellites. ... (More)
• 10/14/1998 STScI-1998-34 410. Hubble Provides a Moving Look at Neptune's Stormy Disposition Using powerful ground- and space-based telescopes, scientists have obtained a moving look at some of the wildest, weirdest weather in the solar system. ... (More)