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Hubble's Deepest View of the Universe Unveils Bewildering Galaxies across Billions of Years Feature Summary

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From Physics Research
Title:
Hubble's Deepest View of the Universe Unveils Bewildering Galaxies across Billions of Years
Description:
Thousands of galaxies of all shapes, sizes, and time periods can be seen in the famous Hubble Deep Field, a fitting image for the end of the International Year of Astronomy.

- Watch this video from HubbleSite for an overview of the image and how it was made.
- Read the original press release for this image here.
- See a picture of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, taken almost ten years after the Hubble Deep Field image.
- Learn about the James Webb Space Telescope, the telescope that will succeed Hubble in 2014.
Image:
image credit: Robert Williams and the Hubble Deep Field Team (STScI) and NASA; <a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1996/01/text/" target="_blank">image source</a>; <a href="http://www.compadre.org/Informal/images/features/hubble_deep_field-large.jpg" target="_blank">larger image</a>
image credit: Robert Williams and the Hubble Deep Field Team (STScI) and NASA; image source; larger image
Image URL:
http://www.compadre.org/Informal/images/features/hubble_deep_field-large.jpg
Featured:
December 16, 2009 - January 1, 2010