National Geographic News has a nice little piece called
Hubble's Top Ten Discoveries.
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Glowing in vibrant colors, planetary nebulae, such as this one, represent the death rattles of dying stars. These nebulae, which are not technically related to planets, are gas clouds forced outward by a dying star. According to NASA, "Hubble's keen 'eye' disclosed that planetary nebulas are like snowflakes: no two are like."
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They're not the most visually appealing Hubble work, but significant none-the-less (sometimes ugly trumps beauty).
I've also been quite fascinated with the SOHO (Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope) work:
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http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eit/EIT.html
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http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/
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http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eit/eit_full_res.html