2004 (continued)

• 5/26/2004 STScI-2004-18 381. Saturn Seen from Far and Near As Saturn grows closer through the eyes of the Cassini spacecraft, which is hurtling toward a rendezvous with the ringed world on June 30 (July 1, Universal Time), both Cassini... (More)
• 5/11/2004 STScI-2004-11 382. Dying Star Sculpts Rungs of Gas and Dust Astronomers may not have observed the fabled "Stairway to Heaven," but they have photographed something almost as intriguing: ladder-like structures surrounding... (More)
• 5/6/2004 STScI-2004-48 383. Ethan J. Schreier to Become President of Associated Universities, Inc. The Board of Trustees of Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI) has announced the appointment of Dr. Ethan J. Schreier as the next President of AUI. Schreier... (More)
• 5/4/2004 STScI-2004-47 384. HubbleSite.org Nominated for Best Science Web Site for the Eighth Annual Webby Awards The Webby Awards, the leading international honor for web sites and individual achievement in technology and creativity... (More)
• 5/3/2004 STScI-2004-46 385. Demise in Fire and Ice The Bug Nebula, NGC 6302, is one of the brightest and most extreme planetary nebulae known. The fiery, dying star at its center is shrouded by a blanket of icy hailstones. (More)
• 4/22/2004 STScI-2004-15 386. The Lure of the Rings Resembling a diamond-encrusted bracelet, a ring of brilliant blue star clusters wraps around the yellowish nucleus of what was once a normal spiral... (More)
• 4/14/2004 STScI-2004-14 387. Hubble Observes Planetoid Sedna, Mystery Deepens Astronomers poring over 35 NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of the solar system's farthest known object, unofficially named Sedna, are surprised... (More)
• 4/8/2004 STScI-2004-13 388. Hubble Sees Stars as Numerous as Grains of Sand in Nearby Galaxy What appear as individual grains of sand on a beach in the image obtained with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are actually myriads... (More)
• 3/9/2004 STScI-2004-07 389. Hubble's Deepest View Ever of the Universe Unveils Earliest Galaxies Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute today unveiled the deepest portrait of the visible universe ever achieved by humankind. (More)
• 3/4/2004 STScI-2004-10 390. Space Phenomenon Imitates Art in Universe's Version of van Gogh Painting This image resembling Vincent van Gogh's painting, "Starry Night," is Hubble's latest view of an expanding halo of light around a distant... (More)