3/7/1996STScI-1996-09541.Hubble Reveals Surface of Pluto for First Time
For the first time since Pluto's discovery 66 years ago, astronomers have at last directly seen details on the surface of the solar system's farthest known planet. (More)
1/17/1996STScI-1996-02544.Disk around Star May Be Warped by Unseen Planet
The Hubble telescope has provided strong evidence for the existence of a roughly Jupiter-sized planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. (More)
1/16/1996STScI-1996-05545.Hubble Telescope Photo Reveals Stellar Death Process
This Hubble telescope picture of planetary nebula NGC 7027 reveals remarkable new details of the process by which a star like the Sun dies. The nebula is a glowing... (More)
1/16/1996STScI-1996-07546.Hubble Finds an Hourglass Nebula around a Dying Star
This Hubble telescope snapshot of MyCn18, a young planetary nebula, reveals that the object has an hourglass shape with an intricate pattern of "etchings"... (More)
1/10/1995STScI-1996-06549.Hubble Discovers Powerful Laser Beamed from Chaotic Star
Darth Vader take heart. Astronomers have discovered a powerful ultraviolet laser beam, several times brighter than our Sun, shooting toward Earth from a super-hot... (More)