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1999 (continued)

4/16/1999 STScI-1999-14 61. Hubble Shoots the Moon In a change of venue from peering at the distant universe, the Hubble telescope has taken a look at Earth's closest neighbor in space, the Moon. Hubble was aimed at one of the Moon's most dramatic... (More)
3/29/1999 STScI-1999-11 62. Huge Spring Storms Rouse Uranus from Winter Hibernation If springtime on Earth were anything like it will be on Uranus, we would be experiencing waves of massive storms, each one covering the country... (More)
3/4/1999 STScI-1999-08 63. A Mote in Hubble's Eye The Hubble telescope image is a typical Milky Way star field in the constellation Centaurus. Such snapshots can be used to study the evolution of stars that make up our galaxy. (More)
2/25/1999 STScI-1999-07 64. Martian Colors Provide Clues about Martian Water Hubble telescope images of Mars detail a rich geologic history and provide further evidence for water-bearing minerals on the planet's surface. (More)

1998

10/21/1998 STScI-1998-28 65. 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)
10/14/1998 STScI-1998-35 66. Hubble Finds Many Bright Clouds on Uranus A Hubble telescope infrared view of Uranus reveals that the planet is surrounded by its four major rings and by 10 of its 17 known satellites. ... (More)
10/14/1998 STScI-1998-34 67. Hubble Provides a Moving Look at Neptune's Stormy Disposition Using powerful ground- and space-based telescopes, scientists have obtained a moving look at some of the wildest, weirdest weather in the solar system. ... (More)
6/24/1998 STScI-1998-23 68. Hubble Space Telescope Helps Find Evidence that Neptune's Largest Moon Is Warming Up Observations obtained by the Hubble telescope and ground-based instruments reveal that Neptune's largest moon, Triton... (More)
4/23/1998 STScI-1998-18 69. Hubble Space Telescope Completes Eighth Year Of Exploration In honor of NASA Hubble Space Telescope's eighth anniversary, we have gift-wrapped Saturn in vivid colors. Actually, this image is courtesy of Hubble's infrared camera... (More)
3/27/1998 STScI-1998-13 70. Comet Hyakutake The Hubble telescope has probed the inner regions of Comet Hyakutake. This picture captures sunlight scattered by dust particles in the comet's inner coma. ... (More)
3/9/1998 STScI-1998-10 71. Astronomers Track Down Asteroids in Hubble Archive Astronomers have stumbled on an unusual asteroid hunting ground: the thousands of Hubble telescope images stored in the orbiting observatory's archive. ... (More)
1/7/1998 STScI-1998-05 72. Hubble Provides Clear Images of Saturn's Aurora Here is the picture of Saturn taken by the Hubble telescope in ultraviolet light. The glowing, swirling material at Saturn's poles is its auroral "curtains,"... (More)
1/7/1998 STScI-1998-04 73. Hubble Provide Complete View of Jupiter's Auroras The Hubble telescope has captured a complete view of Jupiter's northern and southern auroras. Images taken in ultraviolet light show both auroras, the oval-shaped objects... (More)

1997

11/20/1997 STScI-1997-37 74. Hubble Provides Infrared View of Moon, Ring, and Clouds Probing Jupiter's atmosphere for the first time, the Hubble telescope's infrared camera is providing a sharp glimpse of the planet's ring, moon, and high-altitude... (More)
11/20/1997 STScI-1997-36 75. Hubble Watches Uranus Using the Hubble telescope's visible-light camera, astronomers for the first time this century have detected clouds in the Northern Hemisphere of Uranus. The snapshots show banded structure... (More)
9/17/1997 STScI-1997-31 76. Hubble Watches the Red Planet as Mars Global Surveyor Begins Aerobraking This Hubble telescope picture of Mars was taken Sept. 12, 1997, one day after the arrival of the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft... (More)
9/4/1997 STScI-1997-27 77. Hubble Reveals Huge Crater on the Surface of the Asteroid Vesta Astronomers have used the Hubble Space telescope to discover a giant impact crater on the asteroid Vesta. (More)
7/15/1997 STScI-1997-24 78. Hubble Sees Rapid Weather Changes On Mars, New Dust Activity Astronomers using the Hubble telescope to track weather on Mars and how it might affect the Pathfinder landing... (More)
7/1/1997 STScI-1997-23 79. Hubble's Look At Mars Shows Canyon Dust Storm, Cloudy Conditions For Pathfinder Landing Hubble telescope pictures of Mars, taken June 27, 1997 in preparation for the July 4 landing of the Pathfinder spacecraft... (More)
6/19/1997 STScI-1997-21 80. Hubble Captures Volcanic Eruption Plume From Io The Hubble telescope has snapped a picture of a 400-kilometer-high (250-mile-high) plume of gas and dust from a volcanic eruption on Io, Jupiter's large, innermost moon. (More)