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who we are and what we do
- “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” — Carl Sagan
- “In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea.” — Douglas Adams
- “The boundary condition of the universe is that is has no boundary.” — Stephen Hawking
- “The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.” — Philip José Farmer
- “Theories crumble, but good observations never fade.” — Harlow Shapey
- “Astronomy? Impossible to understand and madness to investigate.” — Sophocles
- “The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.” — Edwin Hubble
latest news
- 21 December 2011
- NASA Telescopes Help Find Rare Galaxy at Dawn of Time
- Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have discovered that one of the most distant galaxies known is churning out stars at a shockingly high rate. The blob-shaped galaxy, called GN-108036, is the brightest galaxy found to date at such great distances.
- 10 November 2011
- Hubble Uncovers Tiny Galaxies Bursting with Star Birth in Early Universe
- Using its near-infrared vision to peer 9 billion years back in time, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered an extraordinary population of tiny, young galaxies that are brimming with star formation. The galaxies are typically a hundred times less massive than the Milky Way galaxy, yet they churn out stars at such a furious pace that their stellar content would double in just 10 million years. By comparison, the Milky Way would take a thousand times longer to double its population.
- 26 January 2011
- UCSC astronomers find most distant galaxy candidate yet seen
- Astronomers studying ultra-deep imaging data from the Hubble Space Telescope have found what may be the most distant galaxy ever seen, about 13.2 billion light-years away. The study pushed the limits of Hubble's capabilities, extending its reach back to about 480 million years after the Big Bang, when the universe was just 4 percent of its current age.
JWST News & Events
Get information about the James Webb Space Telecope and how it will be affected by the NASA cuts
HUDF09 Project
Galaxies at Redshift 10!
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.