NASA published an image on Sept. 8, 2026, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the nebula N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The image is dated Sept. 3, 2026, according to the agency.

The nebula is described as having two dominant features: a vast central void and a shell of dense, dusty gas. NASA says the void is a "superbubble" spanning roughly 210 by 140 light-years across.

According to the agency, stars at the center of the void created it. Through powerful stellar winds and explosive supernovae, these stars expelled much of the gas from which they were born, NASA says. The image is credited to NASA, ESA/Hubble and D. Gouliermis.