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Our Moon is found to be rusty, our planet may have been born wet and the Andromeda Galaxy’s halo is bigger than scientists expected

The long-serving Hubble Space Telescope continued to capture stunning sights of the universe throughout August and September. One fruit of its imaging surveys is this spectacular close-up of NGC 2442, also known as the Meathook Galaxy. The structure gets its nickname thanks to its asymmetrical and irregular shape.

In March 2015, the Meathook captured the attention of astronomers when one of its white dwarf stars exploded as a supernova, creating an eruption of light so dazzling it was visible from Earth for several months.