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1997 (continued)

3/14/1997 STScI-1997-07 101. Hubble Camera Resumes Science Operation with Picture of "Butterfly" in Space The Hubble telescope is back at work, capturing this view of the butterfly-wing-shaped nebula, NGC 2346. ... (More)

1996

1/22/1997 STScI-1996-38 102. Giant "Twisters" and Star Wisps in the Lagoon Nebula This Hubble telescope snapshot unveils a pair of one-half, light-year-long interstellar "twisters" ? eerie funnels and twisted-rope structures... (More)
8/7/1996 STScI-1996-27 103. Giant Star Birth Region in Neighboring Galaxy The colorful picture on the right is a Hubble telescope snapshot of a vast nebula of dust and gas called NGC 604, which lies in the neighboring spiral galaxy M33. ... (More)
5/30/1996 STScI-1996-22 104. Hubble Astronomers Unveil "Crab Nebula - The Movie" Probing the mysterious heart of the Crab Nebula, the tattered remains of an exploding star, astronomers have found this object to be even more dynamic than previously... (More)
4/15/1996 STScI-1996-13 105. Hubble Finds Thousands of Gaseous Fragments Surrounding a Dying Star Resembling a bizarre setting from a science fiction movie, dramatic images sent back by the Hubble telescope have surprised astronomers by uncovering... (More)
1/16/1996 STScI-1996-05 106. 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)
1/16/1996 STScI-1996-03 107. Hubble Finds Searchlight Beams and Multiple Arcs around a Dying Star This Hubble telescope picture of the Egg Nebula, also known as CRL2688, shows a pair of mysterious "searchlight" beams emerging... (More)
1/16/1996 STScI-1996-07 108. 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)

1995

11/29/1995 STScI-1995-49 109. HST's Greatest Hits 1990-1995 Hubble Space Telescope evokes a new sense of awe and wonder about the infinite richness of our universe in dramatic, unprecedented pictures of celestial objects. Like a traveler sharing... (More)
11/20/1995 STScI-1995-45 110. Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Systems in the Great Orion Nebula This spectacular color panorama of the center of the Orion Nebula is one of the largest pictures ever assembled from individual... (More)
11/2/1995 STScI-1995-44 111. Embryonic Stars Emerge from Interstellar "Eggs" Eerie, dramatic pictures from the Hubble telescope show newborn stars emerging from "eggs" — not the barnyard variety — but rather, dense, compact pockets of interstellar... (More)
4/10/1995 STScI-1995-13 112. Oxygen-Rich Supernova Remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud This is a Hubble telescope image of the tattered debris of a star that exploded 3,000 years ago as a supernova. This supernova remnant, called N132D, lies 169,000... (More)
2/20/1995 STScI-1995-11 113. Hubble's Close-Up View of a Shock Wave from a Stellar Explosion This Hubble telescope image shows a small portion of a nebula called the "Cygnus Loop." This nebula is an expanding blast wave from a stellar... (More)
1/11/1995 STScI-1995-01 114. Hubble Probes the Complex History of a Dying Star This Hubble telescope image shows one of the most complex planetary nebulae ever seen, NGC 6543, nicknamed the "Cat's Eye Nebula." Hubble reveals surprisingly... (More)

1994

6/13/1994 STScI-1994-24 115. Hubble Confirms Abundance of Protoplanetary Disks around Newborn Stars Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the planet-making process is common in the Milky Way Galaxy. ... (More)
1/14/1994 STScI-1994-10 116. Hubble Probes the Great Orion Nebula A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a region of the Great Nebula in Orion, as imaged by the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. (More)
1/14/1994 STScI-1994-09 117. Hubble Observes a Star On the Brink of Destruction A NASA Hubble Space Telescope "natural color" image of the material surrounding the star Eta Carinae, as imaged by the Wide Fuel Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC-2). (More)
1/13/1994 STScI-1994-04 118. Hubble's Improved Optics Reveal Incredible Detail in Giant Cloud of Gas and Dust An image of a star-forming region in the 30 Doradus nebula, surrounding the dense star cluster R136. The image was obtained... (More)
1/13/1994 STScI-1994-05 119. Hubble Space Telescope Images of a Bright Star in the Large Magellanic Cloud These three images are of a very bright (Wolf-Rayet) star, Melnick 34, located in the giant star-forming region called 30 Doradus... (More)

1993

1/6/1993 STScI-1993-01 120. Hubble Reveals New Details in a Supernova's Blast Wave This is an image of a small portion of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope... (More)
1/5/1993 STScI-1993-02 121. Hubble Finds a Young Planetary Nebula This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture of a recently-formed “planetary nebula,” known as Hen 1357. This expanding cloud of gas was ejected from the aging star in the center. (More)

1992

12/16/1992 STScI-1992-29 122. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Discovers Protoplanetary Disks Around Newly Formed Stars NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that many stars form planetary systems. Dr. C. Robert O'Dell of Rice University... (More)
4/8/1992 STScI-1992-08 123. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Resolves a Planetary Nebula in the Large Magellanic Could The NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has imaged N66, a planetary nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (a satellite... (More)
4/1/1992 STScI-1992-12 124. One of Hottest Known Stars Captured in Hubble Photograph This photograph from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope presents the first clear view of one of the hottest known stars, the central... (More)

1990

10/4/1990 STScI-1990-22 125. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Discovers Jet Structure In The Orion Nebula This photograph, made with the Wide Field/Planetary Camera on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, reveals the detailed structure of a newly discovered... (More)
10/4/1990 STScI-1990-26 126. "Window-Curtain" Structure of the Orion Nebula Revealed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Recent images made with the Wide Field Camera on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the structure of a thin sheet of gas located... (More)
10/4/1990 STScI-1990-24 127. Orion Nebula: Comparing Hubble Space Telescope to Ground Images This composite image shows the location of a one-light-year square region in the Orion Nebula which was imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. (More)
8/13/1990 STScI-1990-09 128. Hubble Space Telescope Photographs Extragalactical Stellar Nursery NASA is releasing today a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) photograph of the most remarkable star forming region in the Local Group of Galaxies, 30 Doradus. The photograph... (More)