2004 (continued)

• 1/27/2004 STScI-2004-43 11. Massive Old Star Reveals Secrets on Deathbed Like a doctor trying to understand an elderly patient's sudden demise, astronomers have obtained the most detailed observations ever of an old, but otherwise normal massive... (More)
• 1/7/2004 STScI-2004-41 12. Supernova Survivor: First Supernova Companion Star Found An international team of astronomers has, for the first time, observed a stellar "survivor" to emerge from a double star system involving an exploded supernova. (More)

2003

• 4/10/2003 STScI-2003-12 13. Far-Flung Supernovae Shed Light on Dark Universe New Hubble Space Telescope observations of a pair of very distant exploding stars, called Type Ia supernovae, provide new clues about the accelerating universe and its mysterious... (More)

2002

• 9/19/2002 STScI-2002-24 14. 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 15. 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)

2001

• 4/2/2001 STScI-2001-09 16. 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)

2000

• 6/1/2000 STScI-2000-15 17. Peering into the Heart of the Crab Nebula In the year 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers were startled by the appearance of a new star, so bright that it was visible in broad daylight for several weeks. (More)
• 2/16/2000 STScI-2000-11 18. Onset of Titanic Collision Lights Up Supernova Ring NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is giving astronomers a ringside seat to a never before seen violent celestial "main attraction" unfolding in a galaxy 169,000 light-years... (More)

1999

• 2/4/1999 STScI-1999-04 19. SN1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud Glittering stars and wisps of gas create a breathtaking backdrop for the self-destruction of a massive star, called supernova 1987A, in the Large Magellanic... (More)

1998

• 2/10/1998 STScI-1998-08 20. Shock Wave Sheds New Light on Fading Supernova The Hubble telescope is giving astronomers a ringside seat to a never-before-seen titanic collision of an onrushing stellar shock wave with an eerie glowing... (More)