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Hubble News

The The Hubble Space Telescope is a collaboration between ESA and NASA. It's a long-term, space-based observatory. The observations are carried out in visible, infrared and ultraviolet light. In many ways Hubble has revolutionised modern astronomy, by not only being an efficient tool for making new discoveries, but also by driving astronomical research in general.

ESAHubble News
ESAHubble News

The ESAHubble News feed delivers the latest updates and discoveries from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Stay informed about groundbreaking scientific findings, mission progress, and important announcements.

September 2nd, 2026 14:00:00 EDT -0400 Science Release: Hubble tracks new decagon encircling Saturn’s south pole
Decagon on Saturn’s south pole (colour image)Recent observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have revealed a giant, evolving 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn’s south pole. This discovery marks the first time a large regular-sided jet pattern has been observed in the planet’s southern hemisphere. The feature appears remarkably similar to Saturn’s famous hexagon at its northern pole, but is also distinctly different, suggesting scientists may be witnessing a new atmospheric phenomenon develop on the iconic gas giant.
August 17th, 2026 11:00:00 EDT -0400 Science Release: Hubble solves merger mystery from Milky Way’s early years
LKH Milky Way merger (artist’s impression)Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, grew to its current size in part by consuming smaller galaxies. Now, new data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope show definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy merging with the young Milky Way galaxy in the earliest phases of its evolution. This finding extends our knowledge of our galaxy’s history 1.8 billion years farther back in time than before.
July 13th, 2026 10:00:00 EDT -0400 Science Release: Hubble discovers first of star cluster’s missing black holes
Omega Centauri context imageThe massive globular star cluster Omega Centauri has puzzled astronomers for decades. It should be filled with black holes left behind by exploding stars, yet evidence for them is scarce. Now, astronomers using archival data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and supportive observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have finally located their first stellar-mass black hole in this cluster. Discovering the first of this missing black hole population will help refine current theories on black hole formation within environments such as Omega Centauri.
June 23rd, 2026 10:00:00 EDT -0400 Science Release: Hubble details early galaxy transforming neighbourhood
Galactic pioneer MXDFz4.4 (annotated Hubble and Webb image)Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found something they never expected: ultraviolet light from a galaxy that existed just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang. That galaxy contains tightly clustered young stars that produce ionising light capable of transforming the opaque, neutral gas within and immediately around the galaxy, clearing our view. This suggests that similar galaxies in the early Universe were responsible for clearing the neutral fog of hydrogen gas that once filled the cosmos.
April 20th, 2026 10:00:00 EDT -0400 Photo Release: Hubble dazzles with young stars in Trifid Nebula for 36th anniversary
Trifid Nebula (Wide Field Camera 3 Image)The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope looked at a scene it first captured in 1997 in honour of its 36th anniversary: a small portion of a star-forming region about 5000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius, known as the Trifid Nebula. The image shows changes over incredibly short timescales and instills a sense of awe and wonder about our ever-changing Universe.
March 23rd, 2026 10:00:00 EDT -0400 Photo Release: Hubble revisits Crab Nebula to track 25 years of expansion
Crab Nebula (2024 Hubble image)Nearly a millennium ago, astronomers witnessed a brilliant new star blazing in the sky — a supernova so bright it was visible in daylight for weeks. Today, its expanding remnant, the Crab Nebula, continues to evolve 6,500 light-years away. First linked to historical records by Edwin Hubble, the nebula has since been studied in exquisite detail by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which has now revisited this ancient explosion to trace its ongoing expansion and transformation.
March 18th, 2026 10:00:00 EDT -0400 Science Release: Hubble unexpectedly catches comet breaking up
Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS): November 2025Comet K1, whose full name is Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), had just passed its closest approach to the Sun and was heading out of the Solar System. Though it had been intact just days before, K1 fragmented into at least four pieces while the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was watching. The odds of that happening while Hubble viewed the comet are extraordinarily miniscule.
February 18th, 2026 10:00:00 EST -0500 Science Release: Hubble identifies one of darkest known galaxies
Galaxy field of low-surface-brightness galaxy CDG-2Most galaxies in the nearby Universe are quite luminous, but some are so faint they’re nearly invisible. Astronomers, using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in combination with other observatories, identified a galaxy that appears to be almost entirely dominated by dark matter with only a smattering of stars. The galaxy, known as Candidate Dark Galaxy-2 (CDG-2), appears to contain just four globular star clusters (compared to the Milky Way’s 150-plus), and dimly shines with the light of only about 1 million Suns.
February 10th, 2026 10:00:00 EST -0500 Photo Release: Hubble captures light show around rapidly dying star
The Egg NebulaThis stunning image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a dramatic interplay of light and shadow in the Egg Nebula, sculpted by freshly ejected stardust. Located approximately 1,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, the Egg Nebula features a central star obscured by a dense cloud of dust. Only Hubble’s sharpness can unveil the intricate details that hint at the processes shaping this enigmatic structure.
January 27th, 2026 10:00:00 EST -0500 Science Release: Researchers discover hundreds of cosmic anomalies with help from AI
Astrophysical anomalies from Hubble’s archiveA team of astronomers have used a new AI-assisted method to search for rare astronomical objects in the Hubble Legacy Archive. The team sifted through nearly 100 million image cutouts in just two and a half days, uncovering nearly 1400 anomalous objects, more than 800 of which had never been documented before.