Photo: NASA’s Hubble spies superbubble scene

September 2, 2026 · 6:00 pm 5 sources

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• NASA’s Hubble Tracks New Decagon Encircling Saturn’s South Pole
  NASA · September 2, 2026 18:00
  NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observes a giant, evolving, 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn’s south pole.
• NASA’s Hubble Spies Superbubble Scene
  NASA · September 3, 2026 13:16
  This Hubble Space Telescope image features a sprawling cosmic vista called N44.

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• Scientists discover a mysterious wave shaped like a decagon in Saturn's atmosphere
  Scientific American · September 2, 2026 18:00
  The strange structure appears to have formed recently, but nobody can explain exactly why

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• Hubble tracks new decagon encircling Saturn's south pole
  Phys.org · September 2, 2026 20:40
  Recent observations with NASA's 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…
• Photo: NASA's Hubble spies superbubble scene
  Phys.org · September 3, 2026 19:40
  This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sprawling cosmic vista in the Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, the largest of the small galaxies that orbit our Milky Way galaxy. At just 160,000 light-years away, the LMC offers a close look at highly active star-forming sites like the one in…