News Release Archive: Entire Collection

1999 (continued)

• 4/16/1999 STScI-1999-14 421. Hubble Shoots the Moon In a change of venue from peering at the distant universe, the Hubble telescope has taken a look at Earth's closest neighbor in space, the Moon. Hubble was aimed at one of the Moon's most dramatic... (More)
• 4/1/1999 STScI-1999-12 422. Multiple Generations of Stars in the Tarantula Nebula In the most active starburst region in the local universe resides a cluster of brilliant, massive stars, known to astronomers as Hodge 301. ... (More)
• 3/29/1999 STScI-1999-11 423. Huge Spring Storms Rouse Uranus from Winter Hibernation If springtime on Earth were anything like it will be on Uranus, we would be experiencing waves of massive storms, each one covering the country... (More)
• 3/18/1999 STScI-1999-10 424. 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)
• 3/11/1999 STScI-1999-09 425. Hubble Views Home Galaxy of Record-Breaking Explosion Here are Hubble telescope views of the rapidly fading visible-light fireball from the most powerful cosmic explosion recorded to date. (More)
• 3/4/1999 STScI-1999-08 426. 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)
• 2/25/1999 STScI-1999-07 427. 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)
• 2/18/1999 STScI-1999-06 428. 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)
• 2/9/1999 STScI-1999-05 429. Vast Stellar Disks Set Stage for Planet Birth in New Hubble Images Dramatic pictures of eerie disks of dust encircling young stars are giving astronomers a new look at what may be the early formative... (More)
• 2/4/1999 STScI-1999-04 430. 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)