1999 (continued)

• 6/10/1999 STScI-1999-23 21. A Butterfly-Shaped "Papillon" Nebula Yields Secrets of Massive Star Birth Here is a Hubble telescope view of a turbulent cauldron of star birth called N159, which is taking place 170,000 light-years away in our satellite galaxy... (More)
• 4/1/1999 STScI-1999-12 22. Multiple Generations of Stars in the Tarantula Nebula In the most active starburst region in the local universe resides a cluster of brilliant, massive stars, known to astronomers as Hodge 301. ... (More)
• 2/4/1999 STScI-1999-04 23. 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

• 7/23/1998 STScI-1998-25 24. Nearby Massive Star Cluster Yields Insights into Early Universe The Hubble telescope has taken a "family portrait" of young, ultra-bright stars nested in their embryonic cloud of glowing gases. The celestial maternity... (More)
• 4/9/1998 STScI-1998-16 25. Hubble Finds That Even Massive Stars Just Fade Away Pinpointing the rapidly fading ember of a recently burned-out star, the Hubble telescope is giving astronomers a better estimate... (More)
• 2/10/1998 STScI-1998-08 26. 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)

1997

• 6/9/1997 STScI-1997-19 27. 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 28. 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)

1996

• 10/11/1996 STScI-1996-31 29. Bright Star Birth Region in a Dim Galaxy Clusters of stars and a fishhook-shaped cloud of luminescent gases glow brilliantly in NGC 2363, a giant star-forming region in the Magellanic galaxy NGC 2366. ... (More)

1995

• 11/29/1995 STScI-1995-49 30. 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)