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NASA Image of the Day · September 23, 2026

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

NASA's Hubble Telescope Reaches Milestone, Looks for Elusive Supernova
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, M. Pascale (UCLA); Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)Licence: NASA media usage guidelinesFull-size image and original page at NASA Image of the Day

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An image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of galaxy cluster MACS J0417 is part of repeated observations to monitor for the reappearance of supernova Athena, which can help astronomers measure the expansion rate of the universe.

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