Let's marvel at the emptiness of space.
The field is so small that only a few foreground stars in the Milky Way lie within it; thus, almost all of the 3,000 objects in the image are galaxies, some of which are among the youngest and most distant known. By revealing such large numbers of very young galaxies, the HDF has become a landmark image in the study of the early universe.
Important events coming up in the coming months/years:
The Pale Blue Dot - Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken on February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles, 40.5 AU), as part of the Family Portrait series of images of the Solar System.
The Hubble Deep Field - The Hubble Deep Field (HDF) is an image of a small region in the constellation Ursa Major, constructed from a series of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope.
The field is so small that only a few foreground stars in the Milky Way lie within it; thus, almost all of the 3,000 objects in the image are galaxies, some of which are among the youngest and most distant known. By revealing such large numbers of very young galaxies, the HDF has become a landmark image in the study of the early universe.
Important events coming up in the coming months/years:
- SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch the Dragon CRS-13 spacecraft on a cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station - DEC 4TH 2017
- Blue moon / Bloody Blue Moon - JAN 31ST 2018
- The blue moon will coincide with a total lunar eclipse, also known as a blood moon
- Visible from Asia, Australia, the Pacific Ocean and western North America
- Link
- James Webb Space Telescope launch in 2018 - OCT 2018
- This telescope will essentially replace the Hubble Space Telescope (RIP). NASA prefers to call it the successor.
- NASA Link
- As seen inthis image: its mirror is much larger than the Hubble's, which means it can peer much deeper into space.
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