Unusual partnership between astrophysicists and medical specialists tests use of polarized xenon to improve MRI techniques. Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory provides unprecedented views of carbon atoms in our galaxy. CfA astronomer uses the Hubble Space Telescope to make the first direct image of the surface of a star other than the Sun. And a giant, Jupiter-like planet is detected orbiting a star, bolstering the idea that such planets may be common. The first individual ultraviolet images and spectra of the giant star Mira and its companion are obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Radio astronomers pinpoint the center of the Milky Way.