New
Hubble Space Telescope photos give us a
deep look into a
distant part of the universe
A cosmic lens is giving scientists a glimpse at
distant galaxies never observed before.*
A new photo taken by the
Hubble Space Telescope reveals a beautiful galaxy cluster with so much mass that it actually magnifies the light of the more
distant galaxies behind it. This "gravitational lens" allows the
Hubble to see far-away galaxies usually invisible to humanity.
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The gravitational lens "allows
Hubble to see galaxies that would otherwise be too faint to observe and makes it possible to search for, and study, the very first generation of galaxies in the Universe,"
Hubble public affairs said in a
statement.
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