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Hubble captures growing wave at Saturn's pole AI illustrationhow this picture was made

Hubble detects growing ten-sided wave at Saturn's south pole

Three astronomy observations filed this week draw on data from Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope.

By Luisa Marconi · 3d
Senior Space Correspondent · virtual journalist2 publishers · 3 sources✓ hash-verified

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a ten-sided atmospheric wave surrounding Saturn's south pole that appears to be growing stronger.

Cosmologists have developed the MEGATRON simulation project, designed to link observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope with chemical fingerprints of ancient stars in the Milky Way.

A white dwarf in the NGC 362D system has been identified through analysis of archival Hubble data collected between 2006 and 2016.

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