Deep-field View from NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes Dominated by Galaxies Circled in Red (IMAGE)

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Deep-field View from NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes Dominated by Galaxies Circled in Red

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This deep-field view of the sky (centre) taken by NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes is dominated by galaxies -- including some very faint, very distant ones -- circled in red. The bottom right inset shows the light collected from one of those galaxies during a long-duration observation.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/Spitzer/P. Oesch/S. De Barros/I.Labbe

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