Scientists make ‘deepest image of universe from space’ via NASA’s telescope
In order to create the deepest ever image of the universe, scientists have made use of new image technology and some pictures from NASA’s telescope.
Space agency NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope sent back an iconic image some years ago containing millions of galaxies. Now, researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias in Spain have released a new image, which shows what the team calls as the ‘deepest image of the universe ever taken from space’.
Back in 2012, Hubble previously sent back an image in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field where it showed thousands of galaxies of various shapes, colors, and sizes. It was considered as the deepest image of the universe cutting across billion of light-years, as per CNET.
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Due to advancements in image processing technology, researchers created new, more detailed look showing masses of gray areas that were originally dark in the previous image. The view highlights deeper view of the distant regions of space that were previously invisible.
According to lead researcher Alejandro Borlaff, the team came across thousands of millions of hidden stars in the picture. Also, the image shows some galaxies have diameters almost twice as big as previously measured.
Meanwhile, Mashable reported, NASA’s other New Horizon spacecraft has also sent back the most detailed image yet of the most distant object ever explored by a human spacecraft, the Ultima Thule. Researchers hope better colored and better resolution images in coming months to ‘unravel the many mysteries of Ultima Thule’, as per principal investigator Alan Stern.
NEW: #UltimaThule, now in higher-res! 📸 Both lobes now show many intriguing light & dark patterns of unknown origin, which may reveal clues about how it was assembled during the formation of the #solarsystem! @NASANewHorizons https://t.co/KK3T8ZFt3u pic.twitter.com/ULsF6atWUH
— Johns Hopkins APL (@JHUAPL) January 24, 2019
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