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Going further back

Yes they have done it, they have gone further back in time. No I am not talking about some strange time machine involving a car going at 85mph harnessing the power of the flux capacitor but of the realistic Hubble Space Telescope.

Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI) and the HUDF Team

Called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), the million-second-long exposure reveals the oldest galaxies ever seen and there are some 10,000 galaxies in it, wow! It is actually two separate images put together.

On closer inspection some of the beauty can be seen better!

Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI) and the HUDF Team

For more info see: http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/hubble_UDF.html

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