2001 (continued)

• 5/17/2001 STScI-2001-14 311. Astronomers Puzzled over Comet LINEAR's Missing Pieces Astronomers analyzing debris from a comet that broke apart last summer spied pieces as small as smoke-sized particles and as large as football-field-sized fragments. (More)
• 4/26/2001 STScI-2001-13 312. 'Survivor' Planets: Astronomers Witness First Steps of Planet Growth - and Destruction Planet formation is a hazardous process. New pictures from the Hubble telescope are giving astronomers the first direct visual evidence... (More)
• 4/24/2001 STScI-2001-12 313. By Popular Demand: Hubble Observes the Horsehead Nebula Rising from a sea of dust and gas like a giant seahorse, the Horsehead nebula is one of the most photographed objects in the sky. The Hubble telescope took a close-up... (More)
• 4/5/2001 STScI-2001-10 314. Hubble Reveals the Heart of the Whirlpool Galaxy New pictures from the Hubble telescope are giving astronomers a detailed view of the Whirlpool galaxy's spiral arms and dust clouds... (More)
• 4/2/2001 STScI-2001-09 315. Blast from the Past: Farthest Supernova Ever Seen Sheds Light on Dark Universe Gazing to the far reaches of space and time, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope identified the farthest stellar explosion... (More)
• 3/28/2001 STScI-2001-11 316. Massive Infant Stars Rock their Cradle Extremely intense radiation from newly born, ultra-bright stars has blown a glowing spherical bubble in the nebula N83B, also known as NGC 1748. A new Hubble telescope... (More)
• 3/7/2001 STScI-2001-08 317. Hubble Spies Huge Clusters of Stars Formed by Ancient Encounter Studying galactic interactions is like sifting through the forensic evidence at a crime scene. Astronomers wade through the debris of a violent encounter... (More)
• 3/1/2001 STScI-2001-07 318. NGC 4013: A Galaxy on the Edge The Hubble telescope has snapped this remarkable view of a perfectly "edge-on" galaxy, NGC 4013. This new Hubble picture reveals with exquisite... (More)
• 2/8/2001 STScI-2001-06 319. 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)

• 2/1/2001 STScI-2001-05 320. Astro-Entomology? Ant-like Space Structure Previews Death of Our Sun From ground-based telescopes, this cosmic object -- the glowing remains of a dying, Sun-like star -- resembles the head and thorax of a garden-variety ant. (More)