Hubble - Looking even deeper

Hubble's Deepest View of the Universe (from here)


I have already written about the Hubble Deep Field in an earlier post. This is a deep visible-light image of the early universe. On 8th December 2009, NASA released an image of an even deeper view of the early universe. The new image, which was taken in near-infrared light, reveals galaxies that were formed 600 million years after the Big Bang. This is the first time we have gained insight into such an early time in the formation of the universe. The light from the distant and expanding galaxies stretches out into the near-infrared wavelengths, this is why this new image can go deeper than the images that were taken in the wavelengths of the visible light.

Read the scientific data and watch the zoomable image together with a short a narrated video here.