1/21/2016STScI-2016-031.Hubble Unveils a Tapestry of Dazzling Diamond-Like Stars
Some of the Milky Way's "celebrity stars" — opulent, attention-getting, and short-lived — can be found in this Hubble Space Telescope image of the glittering... (More)
2015
12/7/2015STScI-2015-432.Hubble Helps Solve Mystery of 'Born Again' Stars
For the past 60 years, astronomers have been puzzled by an unusual type of star that looks hotter and bluer than it should for its age. (More)
5/14/2015STScI-2015-164.Hubble Catches a Stellar Exodus in Action
Globular star clusters are isolated star cities, home to hundreds of thousands of stars. And like the fast pace of cities, there's plenty of action in these stellar metropolises. (More)
4/4/2013STScI-2013-178.Taken Under the "Wing" of the Small Magellanic Cloud
NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope has made the first detection of X-ray emission from young solar-type stars that lie outside our Milky Way galaxy. (More)
2012
8/16/2012STScI-2012-359.Hubble Watches Star Clusters on a Collision Course
Astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have caught two clusters full of massive stars that may be in the early stages of merging. The 30 Doradus... (More)