Hubble achieves deepest view yet (BBC)
By Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News
Hubble astronomers have observed deeper into space than ever before.
In doing so, they have identified six new galaxies of stars that formed just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang itself.
The study also updates a distance estimate for a seventh galaxy, placing it further back in time than any object previously identified.
Called UDFj-39546284, this is seen when the cosmos was less than 3% of its current age.
The new Hubble telescope investigation was led by Richard Ellis from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and colleagues at Edinburgh University, including Jim Dunlop and Ross McLure.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20695327
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Oh, I forgot, the Lord put those red-shifted light rays there to test our faith! It just looks like they're billions of years old!
