... Comet Hale-Bopp Outbound . ... This false-color image represents a recent view from low Earth orbit showing the comet surrounded by its shrinking coma against a background of stars. ... Last week, the above map of Vesta created using the Hubble Space Telescope was released showing a rugged surface highlighted by a single crater spanning nearly the entire length of the asteroid. ... Rivers in the Sun . ... Five hundred light years from Earth, in the constellation Aquarius, a sun-like star is dying. ...