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Hubble Looks Deep in the Past

Posted by michael on from the long-ago-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away dept.

edo-01 writes: "The article says it best: "In the most distant observations yet by the Hubble Space Telescope, some astronomers think they are seeing evidence that the universe emerged from its initial darkness in a dawn of light that came up like thunder across the cosmos" Here is the press release, and here is an artist's rendition of what the vast stellar nurseries might have looked like. I must say I thought at first it was an actual image of the creation and almost swallowed my tongue..."

3 of 13 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Old Light by Barryo_Stereo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You say "Claims that it was fundamentally different should be treated as extraordinary, requiring extraordinary evidence." That's quite an extraordinary, all inclusive claim! Do you have any extraordinary evidence for that statement that extraordinary evidence is required? This debating point is discussed by Alvaro Caso on p. 37 of the Jan/Feb 2002 Skeptical Inquirer.
    Getting back to the science, why do you believe that the long light path would change the nature of the light? ( Ignoring Doppler shifts, reddening by scattering, etc. )
    Barry

  2. Re:wow by swright · · Score: 3, Interesting

    everyone's going to do this anyways, so I made a wallpaper of it (cropped and resized the 300dpi version)...

    JPeG 1600x1200

    JPeG 1024x768

    Have fun :)

  3. why? by Transcendent · · Score: 2, Interesting

    why can't they just release the actual picture? is it a secret or something?