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NASA's Hubble telescope spies galaxies near Cosmic DawnQuicklink submitted by Kyle McDermott Permalink |
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Hubble astronomers have observed deeper into space than ever before. In doing so, they have identified six new galaxies of stars that formed just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang itself. Its significance is that it gives us the clearest insight into how some of the earliest years of cosmic history unfolded. The data supports the notion that the first galaxies assembled their constituent stars in a smooth fashion - not in some sudden burst. 'These images are giving us the tantalizing view of what happened in the very earliest stages of the Universe. This is the time when the Universe was filled with hydrogen and starts to make stars and galaxies that make the chemical elements that we are primarily made out of - the oxygen we breathe, the iron in our blood, the calcium in our bones.' |
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not in some sudden burst
by Kyle McDermott on Sunday, Dec 16, 2012 at 7:15:50 PM