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Looking Back into Time With the XDF

Looking Back into Time With the XDF
This illustration separates the XDF into three planes showing foreground, background, and very far background galaxies. These divisions reflect different epochs in the evolving universe. Fully mature galaxies are in the foreground plane that shows galaxies as they looked less than 5 billion years ago. The universe is rich in evolving, nearly mature galaxies from 5 to 9 billion years ago. Beyond 9 billion years the universe is awash in compact galaxies and proto-galaxies, blazing with young stars.
  • Release Date
    September 25, 2012
  • Science Release
    Hubble Goes to the eXtreme to Assemble Farthest Ever View of the Universe
  • Credit
    Illustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay, F. Summers (STScI); Science: NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth, D. Magee, and P. Oesch (University of California, Santa Cruz), R. Bouwens (Leiden University), and the HUDF09 Team

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Mar 28, 2025
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