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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.

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.
January 21st, 2026 05:00:00 EST -0500 Science Release: Hubble uncovers the secret of stars that defy ageing
Globular cluster targets that revealed “forever young” starsSome stars appear to defy time itself. Nestled within ancient star clusters, they shine bluer and brighter than their neighbours, looking far younger than their true age. Known as blue straggler stars, these stellar oddities have puzzled astronomers for more than 70 years. Now, new results using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope are finally revealing how these “forever young” stars come to be and why they thrive in quieter cosmic neighbourhoods.
January 5th, 2026 12:15:00 EST -0500 Science Release: Hubble examines Cloud-9, first of new type of object
Location of Cloud-9A team using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object —a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud that is considered a “relic” or remnant of early galaxy formation. Nicknamed “Cloud-9,” this is the first confirmed detection of such an object in the Universe. The finding furthers the understanding of galaxy formation, the early Universe, and the nature of dark matter itself.
December 18th, 2025 14:00:00 EST -0500 Science Release: Hubble sees asteroids colliding at nearby star for first time
Fomalhaut cs1 and cs2 (annotated)In a historical milestone, catastrophic collisions in a nearby planetary system were witnessed for the first time by astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. As they observed the bright star Fomalhaut, the scientists saw the impact of massive objects around the star. The Fomalhaut system appears to be in a dynamical upheaval, similar to what our solar system experienced in its first few hundred million years after formation.
September 18th, 2025 10:00:00 EDT -0400 Science Release: Hubble sees white dwarf eating piece of Pluto-like object
Artist’s impression of a white dwarf and debris discIn our nearby stellar neighbourhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ultraviolet capability, only the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope could identify that this meal is taking place.
August 13th, 2025 10:00:00 EDT -0400 Science Release: Hubble uncovers rare white dwarf merger remnant
Merging white dwarf remnant (artist impression)An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a stellar rarity: an ultra-massive white dwarf that formed when a white dwarf merged with another star, rather than through the evolution of a single star. This discovery, which was made possible by Hubble’s sensitive ultraviolet observations, suggests that these rare white dwarfs may be more common than previously suspected.