Good morning, and welcome to Kid News! I'm Tori, today's Thursday, September 2, 2021,

and we begin with a celestial sighting of a lightsaber-like image that has star wars

fans all above. Using its most advanced camera, NASA's Hubble Telescope has taken a snapshot

of what looks to be a glowing blue sword up in space. The phenomenon, 1300 light years

away, is not actually a lightsaber, but what's known as a Herbig-Hero object, named for two

astronomers, George Herbig and Guillermo Harrow, H.H. objects form when narrow beams of gas from

newborn stars collide with surrounding gas and dust. This one's called H.H.111, and it was spotted

in the constellation Orion. The Hubble is back in discovery mode after a serious technical glitch

this summer, sidelined the 31-year-old telescope for about a month. The summer Olympics may be over,

but a woodland creature with an impressive floor routine is making headlines. The spotted skunk,

a smaller relative to the common stripe skunk, is the star of a new study in the science journal,

molecular, phylogenetics, and evolution. They live in dense forests and remote areas,

and when facing off against a predator, this feisty little creature springs up into a handstand,

puffs up its tail, and then spits out its stinky spray. According to the study's author,

trapping these skunks is a tough job, and getting sprayed is all but guaranteed when he'd happily

endure, calling it the smell of success. Ready or not, here comes Larry, the twelfth

name Storm of the Season, and the fourth in the past week alone, is expected to reach category

one hurricane status by tonight. Currently swirling above the eastern Atlantic forecasters say it could

be days before what began yesterday as a tropical storm could reach land. Of course, millions of

Louisiana residents are still dealing with a havoc brought by Ida, whose remnants have brought

rain and flooding concerns to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. We're entering what's known as the

peak of hurricane season between early and mid-September. Back in May, the National Oceanic and

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