Good Bye Dark Age
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).
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0305a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 9 January 2003, 18:20 |
| Size: | 1128 x 753 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Galaxies |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Deep Field • Cosmology Images/Videos |
| Distance: | z=6.0 (redshift) |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared I |
775 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Infrared Z |
850 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
