Hubble Deep Space

Aura s space telescope science institute in baltimore maryland conducts hubble science operations.

Hubble deep space. This image called the hubble ultra deep field shows 28 of the more than 500 young galaxies that existed when the universe was less than 1 billion years old. The hubble ultra deep field is an image of a small area of space in the constellation fornax created using hubble space telescope data from 2003 and 2004. Subsequent deep imagery from hubble including the hubble ultra deep field has revealed the most distant galaxies ever observed. The original release was combined from hubble space telescope data accumulated over a period from september 24 2003 through to january 16 2004.

With the hubble deep field we reach back nearly to the time when galaxies emerged from the chaos of the big bang. It has imaged some of the most distant galaxies ever observed. The first deep fields hubble deep field north and south gave astronomers a peephole to the ancient universe for the first time and caused a real revolution in modern astronomy. From 2003 through 2014 nasa s hubble space telescope observed the same tiny region across 7 different wavelength bands.

The hubble ultra deep field hudf is an image of a small region of space in the constellation fornax containing an estimated 10 000 galaxies. Nasa gov brings you the latest images videos and news from america s space agency. The nasa hubble space telescope is a project of international cooperation between nasa and esa. By collecting faint light over many hours of observation it revealed thousands of galaxies both nearby and very distant making it the deepest image of the universe ever taken at that time.

This glittering deep space view from the hubble space telescope features a tangled mess of dust gas and stars known as the monkey head nebula aka ngc 2174 and sharpless sh2 252. Nasa s hubble space telescope holds the world record for peering farther into deep space than any other telescope of its time.