2013

• 4/23/2013 STScI-2013-14 1. Hubble Captures Comet ISON Comet ISON is potentially the "comet of the century" because around the time the comet makes its closest approach to the Sun, on November 28, it may briefly become brighter than the full Moon. (More)

2011

• 4/28/2011 STScI-2011-13 2. NASA's SWIFT and Hubble Probe Asteroid Collision Debris Late last year, astronomers noticed an asteroid named Scheila had unexpectedly brightened, and it was sporting short-lived plumes. Data from NASA's Swift satellite... (More)

2010

• 10/5/2010 STScI-2010-35 3. Hubble Probes Comet 103P/Hartley 2 in Preparation for DIXI/EPOXI Flyby Hubble Space Telescope observations of comet 103P/Hartley 2, taken on September 25, are helping in the planning for a November... (More)
• 2/2/2010 STScI-2010-07 4. Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Odd X-Pattern of Trailing Debris Something awfully curious is happening 100 million miles from Earth in the asteroid belt. There's a newly discovered object that superficially... (More)

2007

• 11/15/2007 STScI-2007-40 5. Hubble Zooms In on Heart of Mystery Comet NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has probed the bright core of Comet 17P/Holmes, which, to the delight of sky watchers, mysteriously brightened by nearly a millionfold... (More)

2006

• 4/27/2006 STScI-2006-18 6. Hubble Provides Spectacular Detail of a Comet's Breakup Hubble Space Telescope is providing astronomers with extraordinary views of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3. The fragile comet is rapidly disintegrating as it approaches... (More)

2005

• 7/4/2005 STScI-2005-17 7. Hubble Captures Deep Impact's Collision with Comet NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured the dramatic effects of the collision early July 4 between an 820-pound projectile released by the Deep Impact spacecraft... (More)
• 6/27/2005 STScI-2005-16 8. Hubble Captures Outburst from Comet Targeted By Deep Impact In a dress rehearsal for the rendezvous between NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft and comet 9P/Tempel 1, the Hubble Space Telescope captured dramatic... (More)
• 6/2/2005 STScI-2005-18 9. NASA's Space Eyes Focus on Deep Impact Target On July 4, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will attempt an extraordinarily daring encounter with the far-flung comet Tempel 1 hurtling through space at tens of thousands... (More)

2004

• 6/17/2004 STScI-2004-52 10. A Really Neat Close-up of Comet NEAT from Kitt Peak Observatory This image of comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) was taken at the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson... (More)