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September 8, 2026
Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud
By NASA
Quick Summary
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a photogenic nebula, N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this Sept. 3, 2026, image. N44 is dominated by two features: a vast central void and a shell of dense, dusty gas. The central void is a ‘superbubble’ spanning roughly 210 by 140 light-years across. The glittering stars at the […]
Related Launch: STS-31 (Hubble)
STS-31 was the thirty-fifth mission of the space shuttle program. Discovery's tenth mission deployed the Hubble Space Telescope.
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Pad
- Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Status
- Launch Successful
- Date
- April 24, 1990
Source: NASA
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