Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered seven primitive galaxies from a distant population that formed more than 13 billion years ago. In the process, their observations have put forward a candidate for the record for the most distant galaxy found to date (at redshift 11.9), and have shed new light on the earliest years of cosmic history. The galaxies are seen as they were when the Universe was less than 4 percent of its present age.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1219/
Kind regards,
ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
12 December 2012
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