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2002 (continued)

9/19/2002 STScI-2002-24 61. Space Movie Reveals Shocking Secrets of the Crab Pulsar Just when it seemed like the summer movie season had ended, two of NASA's Great Observatories have produced their own action movie. Multiple observations... (More)
7/3/2002 STScI-2002-15 62. Colorful Fireworks Finale Caps a Star's Life Glowing gaseous streamers of red, white, and blue — as well as green and pink — illuminate the heavens like Fourth of July fireworks. The colorful streamers... (More)
4/24/2002 STScI-2002-10 63. Hubble Uncovers Oldest "Clocks" in Space to Read Age of Universe Pushing the limits of its powerful vision, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered the oldest burned-out stars in our Milky Way Galaxy. (More)

11/27/2001 STScI-2001-38 64. Hubble Makes First Direct Measurements of Atmosphere on World Around another Star Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have made the first direct detection of the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a star outside... (More)
10/4/2001 STScI-2001-33 65. Peering into the Core of a Globular Cluster Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to peer into the center of a dense swarm of stars called Omega Centauri. Located some 17,000 light-years... (More)
7/12/2001 STScI-2001-19 66. Magnetic Fields Weave Rings Around Stars There are stars with planets. Stars with companion stars. Stars with pancake-shaped disks of rocky debris. But how about young, hot, hefty stars embedded in large inner tube-shaped... (More)
4/2/2001 STScI-2001-09 67. 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)

11/9/2000 STScI-2000-35 68. Hubble Sees Bare Neutron Star Streaking Across Space It's as big as Manhattan Island, is 10 trillion times denser than steel, and is hurtling our way at speeds over 100 times faster than a supersonic jet. An alien spaceship?... (More)
9/21/2000 STScI-2000-32 69. Movies from Hubble Show the Changing Faces of Infant Stars Time-lapse movies made from a series of pictures taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are showing astronomers that young stars and their surroundings... (More)
8/31/2000 STScI-2000-24 70. He 2-90's Appearance Deceives Astronomers Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have stumbled upon a mysterious object that is grudgingly yielding clues to its identity. A quick glance at the Hubble picture... (More)