Friday, December 11, 2009

Just After the Big Bang: Hubble's Deepest View of Universe Unveils Never-Before-Seen Galaxies

ScienceDaily -- The new Wide Field Camera 3 aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken the deepest image yet of the Universe in near-infrared light. The faintest and reddest objects in the image are likely the oldest galaxies ever identified, having formed between only 600-900 million years after the Big Bang.

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