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A Journey to the Edge of the Universe

What happens when you point the Hubble Space Telescope to a seemingly empty patch of sky? You get a view that takes you to the edge of the Universe!  Despite showing just a tiny patch of sky, this photograph contains around 10,000 galaxies, some of which are over 13 billion light years from Earth!

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NASA, ESA, H. Teplitz and M. Rafelski (IPAC/Caltech), A. Koekemoer (STScI), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), and Z. Levay (STScI)

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