1/7/1998STScI-1998-05441.Hubble Provides Clear Images of Saturn's Aurora
Here is the picture of Saturn taken by the Hubble telescope in ultraviolet light. The glowing, swirling material at Saturn's poles is its auroral "curtains,"... (More)
1/7/1998STScI-1998-04442.Hubble Provide Complete View of Jupiter's Auroras
The Hubble telescope has captured a complete view of Jupiter's northern and southern auroras. Images taken in ultraviolet light show both auroras, the oval-shaped objects... (More)
1997
12/17/1997STScI-1997-38443.Hubble Witnesses the Final Blaze of Glory of Sun-Like Stars
The end of a Sun-like star's life was once thought to be simple: the star gracefully casts off a shell of glowing gas and then settles into a long retirement... (More)
11/20/1997STScI-1997-37445.Hubble Provides Infrared View of Moon, Ring, and Clouds
Probing Jupiter's atmosphere for the first time, the Hubble telescope's infrared camera is providing a sharp glimpse of the planet's ring, moon, and high-altitude... (More)
11/20/1997STScI-1997-36446.Hubble Watches Uranus
Using the Hubble telescope's visible-light camera, astronomers for the first time this century have detected clouds in the Northern Hemisphere of Uranus. The snapshots show banded structure... (More)
10/29/1997STScI-1997-35447.Hubble Catches Up with a Blue Straggler Star
Astronomers have long been mystified by observations of a few hot, bright, apparently young stars residing in well-established communities where most of their neighbors... (More)
10/21/1997STScI-1997-34448.Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks Accompanying Galaxy Collisions
The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright; young star clusters bursting to life in a brief, intense, brilliant "fireworks show" at the heart of a pair of colliding... (More)
9/24/1997STScI-1997-32450.Hubble Sees a Neutron Star Alone in Space
Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have taken their first direct look in visible light at a lone neutron star. This view offers a unique opportunity to pinpoint... (More)