Hubble Deep Fields – Astronomy Now

Webb provides a spectacular hint of future “Deep Field” images while probing the distant past

14 April 2023 Astronomy Now

The James Webb Space Telescope is spotting “deep field” galaxies in a fraction of the time required by Hubble, providing a tantalizing hint of things to come.

Hubble at 30: A cosmic legacy

24 April 2020 Keith Cooper

Amid flame and smoke, the Hubble Space Telescope blasted off the launch pad aboard the space shuttle Discovery 30 years ago today, ushering in a new era for astronomy that has transformed our understanding of the Universe around us.

Hubble mosaic merges 7,500 observations into stunning legacy ‘deep field’

5 May 2019 Astronomy Now

A new “deep field” image by the Hubble Space Telescope combines 7,500 images collected during earlier deep exposures to produce a stunning image of an area roughly the size of the full Moon that contains more than 250,000 galaxies.

Filling in the blanks in Hubble’s ‘deep field’ view of cosmos

14 December 2018 Astronomy Now

A newly released “deep field” image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures galaxies during the epoch of massive star formation three billion years after the Big Bang.

A deep look back in cosmic time courtesy of Hubble

26 September 2018 Astronomy Now

Among the Hubble Space Telescope’s most iconic images are jaw-dropping “deep field” views of the universe, images showing thousands of galaxies strewn across time and space that illustrate the rapid evolution of the cosmos in the wake of the Big Bang birth of time and space. This “eXtreme Deep Field” view is no exception.

Observable universe contains ten times more galaxies than previously thought

13 October 2016 Astronomy Now

Astronomers using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories have performed an accurate census of the number of galaxies in the universe. The researchers came to the surprising conclusion that the observable universe contains at least two trillion galaxies. The results also help solve an ancient astronomical paradox — why is the sky dark at night?