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Deepest Optical Image Of The Universe To Date

Posted by michael on from the asa-eight-million dept.

fenimor writes "The deepest optical view of the universe, obtained by Hubble Space Telescope, may turn out to be some of the earliest star-forming galaxies. The telescope has looked 95 percent of the way back to the beginning of time, to glimpse whether the hottest stars in these early galaxies may have provided enough radiation to 'cool' the universe after the big bang."

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  1. 95% Really? by redog · · Score: 3, Funny

    "The telescope has looked 95 percent of the way back to the beginning of time,""

    Then it can tell me where I put those keys a couple days ago?

    Right?

    Please!

  2. So did anybody see by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Big Bang Burger Barn? (obRef, Restaurant at the End of the Universe).

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