The same supernova could appear again—not because it exploded twice, but because a galaxy cluster bent its light along another path. Hubble and Webb are monitoring the cluster for a delayed image of Supernova Athena, first spotted by Webb in 2025. Their follow-up observes roughly every 20 days; the predicted window extends through early March 2027. Timing a return could help constrain the cluster’s mass and measurements of cosmic expansion. As of NASA’s September 23, 2026 update, no return had been reported as confirmed.
Primary current status: NASA Hubble, NASA’s Hubble Seeks Lensed Supernova, Marks 200,000 Orbits: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-seeks-lensed-supernova-marks-200000-orbits/ , published September 23 and updated September 24, 2026. Follow-up cadence/window and research context: VENUS/STScI, program 12781 update: https://jwst-venus.github.io/news.html and The Strongly Lensed Supernova Pantheon as Revealed by JWST: https://jwst-venus.github.io/news/news_20260107.html . The NASA and VENUS pages describe related observing work, not independent confirmation of a return. Research cutoff: September 24, 2026.
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