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2009

11/18/2009 STScI-2009-30 1. Galaxy on Edge The magnificent galaxy NGC 4710 is tilted nearly edge-on to our view from Earth. This perspective allows astronomers to easily distinguish the central bulge of stars from its pancake-flat... (More)

2008

4/28/2008 STScI-2008-18 2. STScI and JHU Astronomer Adam Riess Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) astronomer and professor... (More)
1/23/2008 STScI-2008-06 3. Internal Heat Drives Jupiter's Giant Storm Eruption Detailed analysis of two continent-sized storms that erupted in Jupiter's atmosphere in March 2007 shows that Jupiter's internal heat plays a significant role in generating... (More)

2007

12/5/2007 STScI-2007-43 4. Planet Hunter Geoff Marcy to Give Annual John N. Bahcall Public Lecture Dec. 11 Dr. Geoffrey Marcy, professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver the annual John N. Bahcall... (More)
10/4/2007 STScI-2007-38 5. Astronomers Use Hubble and Keck to Identify Dwarf Galaxy A team of astronomers at the University of California at Santa Barbara report that they have resolved a dwarf galaxy 6 billion light-years away. Weighing... (More)
8/2/2007 STScI-2007-30 6. Uncovering the Veil Nebula NASA's Hubble Space Telescope photographed three magnificent sections of the Veil Nebula -- the shattered remains of a supernova that exploded thousands of years ago. This series of images provides... (More)
7/17/2007 STScI-2007-29 7. Gruber Cosmology Prize Awarded to STScI Dark Energy Discoverers Four astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md. are on two teams sharing the $500,000 2007 Gruber Cosmology Prize for their discovery... (More)
5/29/2007 STScI-2007-23 8. STScI Appoints New Mission Head for the James Webb Space Telescope The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has appointed Dr. Kathryn Flanagan as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Mission Head. (More)
5/7/2007 STScI-2007-21 9. Institute Educator Will Lead Workshop for British Queen Queen Elizabeth II will learn about NASA education tomorrow, May 8, when she visits NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Bonnie Eisenhamer... (More)
5/1/2007 STScI-2007-20 10. HubbleSite Wins Top International Honor The Webby Awards, the leading international honor for the Internet, has selected HubbleSite.org for the Best Science Website of 2007. HubbleSite also won the accompanying People's... (More)