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2003

11/20/2003 STScI-2003-34 41. Vote for your Favorite Hubble Wide Field/Planetary Camera 2 Picture To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, you're invited... (More)
11/7/2003 STScI-2003-33 42. Thompson and NICMOS Team Win Muhlmann Award The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) has awarded its 2003 Maria and Eric Muhlmann Award to Professor Rodger I. Thompson (University of Arizona)... (More)
9/10/2003 STScI-2003-27 43. NASA Approves James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Architecture NASA today announced a major milestone in the development of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the selection of a beryllium-based mirror technology for the telescope's... (More)

2002

11/21/2002 STScI-2002-28 44. Hands-On Book of Hubble Images Allows the Visually Impaired to "Touch the Universe" A new book of majestic images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope brings the wonders of our universe to the fingertips... (More)
10/9/2002 STScI-2002-26 45. Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Astronomer for NASA-Funded Research Riccardo Giacconi, the "father of X-ray astronomy," has received the Nobel Prize in physics for "pioneering contributions to astrophysics,"... (More)
9/11/2002 STScI-2002-20 46. NASA Announces Contract for Next-Generation Space Telescope Named After Space Pioneer NASA has selected TRW to build the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. This space-based observatory... (More)
4/9/2002 STScI-2002-09 47. Hubble Astronomer Creates Spectacular Galaxy Collision Visualization for the National Air and Space Museum Someday our Milky Way Galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy may come crashing together in a horrendous collision... (More)
3/21/2002 STScI-2002-08 48. Test Your Skills as a 'Galaxy Hunter' Journey to the deepest regions of space and wrestle with the cosmic giants called galaxies. In "Galaxy Hunter," students can go online... (More)
2/15/2002 STScI-2002-06 49. New Instrument Package to Expand Space Telescope's Vision NASA's Servicing Mission 3B for the Hubble Space Telescope will give the orbiting observatory a new camera that will significantly increase Hubble's abilities... (More)

2001

10/29/2001 STScI-2001-35 50. $10 Million NSF Grant to Fund "National Virtual Observatory" The National Virtual Observatory (NVO) will unite astronomical databases of many earthbound and orbital observatories, taking advantage of the latest computer technology... (More)
10/23/2001 STScI-2001-36 51. AURA's OPUS Software Licensed to Celera Genomics The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) has reached an agreement with Celera Genomics Group, an Applera Corporation business in Rockville... (More)
6/4/2001 STScI-2001-18 52. Bigger, Better Catalog Unveils Half a Billion Celestial Objects It's a very big universe out there, and an astronomer's work is never done when it comes to simply counting and cataloging... (More)
6/4/2001 STScI-2001-17 53. Build Your Own Space Scrapbook Want to learn more about your favorite star or galaxy? NASA Hubble Space Telescope pictures and other information about thousands of stars and galaxies... (More)
2/8/2001 STScI-2001-06 54. See What NASA's Hubble Sees, with the Click of a Mouse
How old is the universe? How big is it? What is its fate? Where did the planets, stars, and galaxies come from? Are we alone here? Scientists... (More)

2000

4/11/2000 STScI-2000-16 55. April 24 Marks a Triumphant Ten Years in Space for Hubble Space Telescope In its first ten years, the 12.5-ton Earth-orbiting NASA's Hubble has studied 13,670 objects, has made 271,000 individual observations... (More)

1999

4/19/1999 STScI-1999-17 56. Maryland Science Center's "Space Place" Showcases Hubble Discoveries The Maryland Science Center's new Outer Space Place offers visitors a chance to explore the wonders of the universe as seen through the eyes of the Hubble telescope. (More)

1998

12/10/1998 STScI-1998-43 57. Extraterrestrial Civilizations: Coming of Age in the Milky Way If civilizations exist around other stars they are likely to be just emerging across our Galaxy right now: like an apple orchard suddenly maturing and ripening... (More)
11/10/1998 STScI-1998-40 58. 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)
10/21/1998 STScI-1998-28 59. 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)
10/9/1998 STScI-1998-33 60. Second Hubble Web Simulcast Takes Listeners on a Tour of the Cosmos The popular National Public Radio program "The Marc Steiner Show" (WJHU, FM 88.1) and the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore... (More)