(Space Fellowship) Hubble Zooms in on a Magnified Galaxy

By , Posted 02/03/12

Link: http://spacefellowship.com/news/art27595/hubble-zooms-in-on-a-magnified-galax...

Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope got a uniquely close-up look at the brightest "magnified" galaxy yet discovered. This observation provides a unique opportunity to study the physical properties of a galaxy vigorously forming stars when the universe was only one-third its present age. A so-called gravitational lens is produced when space is warped by a massive foreground object, whether it is the sun, a black hole or an entire cluste [...]