5/30/1996STScI-1996-22101.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)
1/16/1996STScI-1996-05103.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-1996-07105.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
11/29/1995STScI-1995-49106.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)
11/2/1995STScI-1995-44108.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)
4/10/1995STScI-1995-13109.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)
1/11/1995STScI-1995-01111.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)
1/14/1994STScI-1994-10113.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)
1/14/1994STScI-1994-09114.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)
1/6/1993STScI-1993-01117.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)
1/5/1993STScI-1993-02118.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)
10/4/1990STScI-1990-24124.Orion / HST vs. Ground
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. The area is near the edge of a cavity of ionized... (More)