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Evolution of Galaxies
- Release DateSeptember 21, 2006
- Science ReleaseNASA’s Hubble Finds Hundreds of Young Galaxies in Early Universe
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Individual Galaxy Details
Astronomers analyzing two of the deepest views of the cosmos made with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered a gold mine of galaxies, more than 500 that existed less than a billion years after the Big Bang. These galaxies thrived when the cosmos was less than 7 percent of...
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov