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  • 5 January 2010
  • Hubble reaches "undiscovered country" of primeval galaxies
  • NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has broken the distance limit for galaxies and uncovered a primordial population of compact and ultra-blue galaxies that have never been seen before. Garth Illingworth, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, leads the survey team that used Hubble's new infrared camera, the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), to gather data in August 2009 that revealed the distant galaxies in a small patch of sky called the Ultra Deep Field. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field was imaged in visible light by the Advanced Camera for Surveys in 2004.
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exploring the origins of the first galaxies

Learn about the latest research in the area of the most distant galaxies. Start with reading about the early universe and then continue on with a discussion about the first galaxies. Then read about some of the latest results and see where we are headed with the next step

A site created and maintained by researchers Rychard Bouwens, Garth Illiingworth & Dan Magee

WFC3 HUDF09 project news!

Get information, press releases, images and presentations on the HUDF09 Team's latest results on the search for the highest redshift galaxies.