esahubble_opo0305a January 9th, 2003
Credit: NASA/ESA, H.-J. Yan, R. Windhorst and S. Cohen (Arizona State University)
Researchers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope believe they are seeing the conclusion of the cosmic epoch where the young galaxies started to shine in significant numbers. This marks a time when the so-called 'Dark Ages' of the universe was completed, about 13 billion years ago (based on an estimate of 14 billion years for the current age of the universe).
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0305a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
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