Hubble probes the distant universe
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2009 is just the latest in a series of penetrating observations of the cosmos made with the Hubble Space Telescope during the past 15 years.
Published:
March 29, 2010
 Spying distant galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field involves finding faint red objects that appear as more than points of light. The bright object just left of center with spikes coming from it is a star in our own galaxy, one of only a handful in this tiny region of sky.
Photo by NASA/ESA |
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