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2005 (continued)

• 2/16/2005 STScI-2005-06 201. Saturn's Auroras Defy Scientists' Expectations The dancing light of the auroras on Saturn behaves in ways different from how scientists have thought possible for the last 25 years. New research by a team of astronomers... (More)
• 2/16/2005 STScI-2005-14 202. Founding Hubble Institute Director to Receive National Medal of Science Dr. Riccardo Giacconi, founding director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), will receive the 2003 National Medal of Science... (More)
• 2/10/2005 STScI-2005-07 203. American Astronomical Society Sets Goals for Improving Gender Equity in Astronomy The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has endorsed a new set of recommendations to improve the status of gender equity in astronomy. The recommendations... (More)
• 2/3/2005 STScI-2005-02 204. Light Continues to Echo Three Years After Stellar Outburst The Hubble Space Telescope's latest image of the star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) reveals dramatic changes in the illumination of surrounding dusty cloud structures. (More)
• 1/12/2005 STScI-2005-04 205. Hubble Finds Infant Stars in Neighboring Galaxy Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered for the first time a population of embryonic stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a companion... (More)
• 1/10/2005 STScI-2005-01 206. A Poster-Size Image of the Beautiful Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 One of the largest Hubble Space Telescope images ever made of a complete galaxy is being unveiled today at the American Astronomical Society meeting... (More)
• 1/10/2005 STScI-2005-03 207. Hubble's Infrared Eyes Home in on Suspected Extrasolar Planet The Hubble Space Telescope's near-infrared vision is hot on the trail of a possible planetary companion to a relatively bright young brown dwarf located... (More)

2004

• 12/16/2004 STScI-2004-32 208. A New Twist on an Old Nebula Looks can be deceiving, especially when it comes to celestial objects like galaxies and nebulas. These objects are so far away that astronomers cannot see their three-dimensional... (More)
• 12/9/2004 STScI-2004-33 209. Spitzer and Hubble Capture Evolving Planetary Systems Two of NASA's Great Observatories, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, have provided astronomers an unprecedented look at dusty planetary... (More)
• 12/1/2004 STScI-2004-35 210. Hubble Uncovers a Baby Galaxy in a Grown-Up Universe Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have measured the age of what may be the youngest galaxy ever seen in the universe. By cosmological standards... (More)