Hubble Space Telescope

NASA's Hubble seeks lensed supernova, marks 200,000 orbits

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope completed its 200,000th orbit around Earth on Sept. 19, marking another milestone for an observatory that continues to transform our understanding of the universe.

Phys.org4h ago

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NASA’s Hubble Telescope Reaches Milestone, Looks for Elusive Supernova

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of massive galaxy cluster MACS J0417 (left of center) on Sept. 19, 2026. This galaxy cluster acts as a gravitational lens, bending and magnifying light from objects far behind it. Supernova Athena, discovered by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in 2025, is predicted to reappear between now and […]

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NASA’s Hubble Seeks Lensed Supernova, Marks 200,000 Orbits

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope completed its 200,000th orbit around Earth on Sept. 19, marking another new milestone for an observatory that continues to transform our understanding of the universe. Hubble has traveled more than 5 billion miles around Earth over its 36-year lifetime, exceeding 1.7 million total observations. An observation completed on the day of […]

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Scientists want to know what this distant galaxy ate to make it so weird

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope photographed spiral galaxy NGC 4698, whose center spins sideways to its disk, likely after eating a tiny galaxy.

Mashable19 Sept

A Figure-Eight in Deep Space: Hubble Image Shows Gravity Warping Distant Galaxies

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured MACS0329-0211, a massive galaxy cluster whose gravity bends distant light into arcs, curves, and a bright central figure-eight shape. A cosmic swarm The image, released June 12, 2026, shows what NASA described as looking “somewhat like a swarm of bees returning to their hive.” The cluster is packed with […]

Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman19 Jun