Tag: distant

Over the course of 50 days, with a total of over 2 million seconds of total observing time (the equivalent of 23 complete days), the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field (XDF) was constructed from a portion of the prior Hubble Ultra Deep Field image. Combining light from ultraviolet through visible light and o...

If a survey targeted at the general public was to be conducted asking everyone about the number of exoplanets(planets outside our solar system) discovered to date. It is safe to say that without ‘Googling’, there is a high likelihood that most people will not know the approximate number....