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2009

3/22/2009 STScI-2009-13 1. Hubble Uncovers an Unusual Stellar Progenitor to a Supernova Astronomers have detailed theories about what type of stars self-destruct in titanic supernova explosions. However, it would be useful to test stellar... (More)

2008

7/1/2008 STScI-2008-22 2. Hubble Sees Stars and a Stripe in Celestial Fireworks A delicate ribbon of gas floats eerily in our galaxy. A contrail from an alien spaceship? A jet from a black-hole? Actually... (More)

2007

2/22/2007 STScI-2007-10 3. NASA's Hubble Telescope Celebrates SN 1987A's 20th Anniversary Twenty years ago, astronomers witnessed one of the brightest stellar explosions in more than 400 years. The titanic supernova... (More)

2006

11/16/2006 STScI-2006-52 4. Hubble Finds Evidence for Dark Energy in the Young Universe Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that dark energy is not a new constituent of space, but rather has been present... (More)

2005

10/4/2005 STScI-2005-30 5. NASA Space Observatories Glimpse Faint Afterglow of Nearby Stellar Explosion Intricate wisps of glowing gas float amid a myriad of stars in this image of the supernova remnant, N132D. The ejected material shows that roughly... (More)
7/28/2005 STScI-2005-21 6. Hubble Pinpoints Doomed Star that Explodes as Supernova Amidst the glitter of billions of stars in the majestic spiral galaxy called the Whirlpool (M51), a massive star abruptly ends its life in a brilliant flash of light. (More)

2004

10/27/2004 STScI-2004-34 7. Stellar Survivor from 1572 A.D. Explosion Supports Supernova Theory An international team of astronomers is announcing today that they have identified the probable surviving companion star to a titanic supernova explosion witnessed... (More)
10/6/2004 STScI-2004-29 8. NASA's Great Observatories May Unravel 400-Year Old Supernova Mystery Four hundred years ago, sky watchers, including the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler, were startled by the sudden appearance of a "new star" in the western... (More)
9/2/2004 STScI-2004-23 9. A Bright Supernova in the Nearby Galaxy NGC 2403 The explosion of a massive star blazes with the light of 200 million Suns in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. The arrow at top right points to the stellar... (More)
2/20/2004 STScI-2004-12 10. New Clues About the Nature of Dark Energy: Einstein May Have Been Right After All The good news from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is that Einstein was right — maybe. A strange... (More)
2/19/2004 STScI-2004-09 11. Supernova Shock Wave Is Producing a Spectacular New Light Show Seventeen years ago, astronomers spotted the brightest stellar explosion ever seen since the one observed by Johannes Kepler 400 years ago. (More)
1/27/2004 STScI-2004-43 12. 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 13. 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 14. 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 15. 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 16. 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 17. 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 18. 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 19. 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 20. 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 21. 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)
1/8/1998 STScI-1998-02 22. Hubble Pinpoints Distant Supernovae Peering halfway across the universe to analyze light from exploded stars that died long before our Sun even existed, the Hubble telescope has allowed astronomers to determine that the expansion... (More)

1997

6/9/1997 STScI-1997-19 23. Hubble Reveals Invisible High-Speed Collision around Supernova 1987A The highest velocity material expelled in a cataclysmic, stellar explosion 10 years ago has been detected for the first time by the Hubble telescope's imaging spectrograph. (More)
5/12/1997 STScI-1997-14 24. Hubble Chemically Analyzes the Ring around Supernova 1987A These pictures from the Hubble telescope's imaging spectrograph provide a new and unprecedented look at one of the most unique and complex structures in the universe... (More)
1/14/1997 STScI-1997-03 25. Supernova Blast Begins Taking Shape Though the brightest supernova in four centuries lit up the southern sky almost exactly 10 years ago on Feb. 23, 1987, astronomers have waited a decade for the ballooning fireball... (More)

1996

5/30/1996 STScI-1996-22 26. Hubble Astronomers Unveil "Crab Nebula - The Movie" Probing the mysterious heart of the Crab Nebula, the tattered remains of an exploding star, astronomers have found this object to be even more dynamic than previously... (More)

1995

11/29/1995 STScI-1995-49 27. HST's Greatest Hits 1990-1995 Hubble Space Telescope evokes a new sense of awe and wonder about the infinite richness of our universe in dramatic, unprecedented pictures of celestial objects. Like a traveler sharing... (More)
4/10/1995 STScI-1995-13 28. Oxygen-Rich Supernova Remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud This is a Hubble telescope image of the tattered debris of a star that exploded 3,000 years ago as a supernova. This supernova remnant, called N132D, lies 169,000... (More)
2/20/1995 STScI-1995-11 29. Hubble's Close-Up View of a Shock Wave from a Stellar Explosion This Hubble telescope image shows a small portion of a nebula called the "Cygnus Loop." This nebula is an expanding blast wave from a stellar... (More)

1994

5/19/1994 STScI-1994-22 30. Hubble Finds Mysterious Ring Structure around Supernova 1987a The Hubble telescope has obtained the best images yet of a mysterious mirror-imaged pair of rings of glowing gas encircling the site of the stellar explosion... (More)
5/19/1994 STScI-1994-20 31. Hubble Observes the Supernova in the Whirlpool Galaxy The Hubble telescope has returned valuable new images of supernova 1994I in the inner regions of the "Whirlpool Galaxy," M51, located 20 million light-years... (More)
1/14/1994 STScI-1994-12 32. Hubble Provides Clearest View Yet of Supernova 1987a This series of images of Supernova 1 987A was taken with ESA's Faint Object Camera aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, prior to and following the HST Servicing... (More)

1993

1/6/1993 STScI-1993-01 33. Hubble Reveals New Details in a Supernova's Blast Wave This is an image of a small portion of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope... (More)

1991

1/16/1991 STScI-1991-03 34. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Establishes Accurate New Distance Measurement To Neighboring Galaxy Recent observations of the remnants of Supernova 1987A, conducted with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have provided an unexpected... (More)

1990

9/13/1990 STScI-1990-17 35. First ESA Faint Object Camera Science Images - Supernova 1987A The European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera on board NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided a fascinating close-up view of Supernova... (More)
8/29/1990 STScI-1990-07 36. Hubble Space Telescope Resolves Gaseous Ring Around Supernova The Hubble Space Telescope has resolved, to an unprecedented detail of 0.1 arcsecond, a mysterious elliptical ring of material around the remnants of Supernova 1987A. (More)