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2001 Images 

Path of solar eclipse

Solar Eclipse 2001

Few people ever get the opportunity to see a total eclipse of the Sun. It only happens on the average of once every 400 ears for any given spot on the Earth’s surface and lasts only for 1 to 2 minutes. On June 21, 2001, and on the day of the summer solstice, this natural phenomenon will be visible within a very narrow path that begins in the Southern Atlantic Ocean and ends in the Indian Ocean. Click here to read the full story

21 June 2001

HST pictures of a Comet Linear

A Dying Comet's Kin May Have Nourished Life on Earth

17 May 2001

 

Hubble: View to the Edge of Space

As NASA prepares for the next Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission in late 2001, Goddard, the Space Telescope Science Institute, and the Exploratorium have teamed up to take a virtual look at the accomplishments of this spectacular observatory.  For more on the story about HST, click here.

April 2001

Just Another Solar Flare

Sun Takes Another Solar Shot, This Time At Earth

10 April 2001

Animated image of the sunflare as seen by SOHO.

Superflare!

Sun Unleashes Record Superflare, Earth Dodges Solar Bullet

03 April 2001

 

X-Ray pulsars located in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Star Formation Ashes

 

Two More X-Ray Pulsars Found Crowding Neighboring Galaxy May Be "Ashes" From a Burst of Star Formation

04 April 2001

Largest sunspot in 10 years recorded by SOHO.

Solar Spots

A huge sunspot as big as the surface area of thirteen Earths making it the biggest to appear in ten years.  For larger image and more information click here.

30 March 2001

 

Fierty sun as seen by the SOHO satellite.

Solar Heartbeat

Listening to the Sun-- Solar Heartbeat Used to Unravel Star's Mysteries

21 February 2001

Close up of a "dusty donut" around a young star as seen by the Keck Telescope.

Dusty Donut in Space

  New Technology Yields Closest-Ever View of the Dusty Donut Around a Young Star and a Surprise Companion

21 February 2001

 

The Eros asteroid was photographed for a year by the NEAR satellite.

Take a Virtual Spin Around the Eros Asteroid

For more information about, and images and animations of Eros, click here.

31 January 2001

This cluster of galaxies is contained within a large quasar group, which measures about 600 million light years across, making it the largest structure known in the early universe.

 

Astronomers Map Out Largest Structure in Distant Universe - Click for press release and images

08 January 2001

The Hitchhiker cross-bay bridge configuration on orbit in the Shuttle bay area.

Hitchhiker Anniversary

January 12, 2001 is the 15th Anniversary of the first Hitchhiker Program flight. Congratulations to the Shuttle Small Payloads Project Office!  Visit the Hitchhiker website at:
http://sspp.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 

 

 

The image of a newborn star as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope

Newborn Star

A Newborn Star Offers a View to Our Past

 

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