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A seemingly almost obscure article about discovering of possible billions of new stars and possible planets, never before seen, and it is buried so deep practically no one will know or maybe even care!! Had it been a Tiger or GaGa story,it would be all the water cooler rage!!!! The universe and all that has seemingly been discovered both stimulates and humbles my being from the thousands of moving parts within a single cell to a vastness of space of which my simple mind is incapable of totally grasping the majesty. How could it be thought to be all but an accidental bombing of random chance?

Hubble spies never-before-seen galaxies

WASHINGTON –AP The refurbished Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the oldest galaxies yet, scientists reported Tuesday.

A newly installed wide field camera on Hubble this summer captured several thousand never-before-seen galaxies, which were formed 600 million years after the Big Bang. Scientists believe that massive explosion led to the creation of the universe.

The galaxies are about 13 billion light years away. Each light year is about 6 trillion miles.

The image was taken in a region of space that Hubble scanned in 2004. Since the new camera has a near-infared channel, it allows the orbiting telescope to peer deeper into the universe and spot distant galaxies.

The camera was installed in May by NASA spacewalking astronauts as part of a mission to upgrade and repair the aging telescope.

Hubble is a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency.