Clutch of distant galaxies reveals the infant universe

Hubble spies stars lighting up the cosmic dawn

Peering into the far reaches of the universe, astronomers have spotted seven galaxies so distant that they appear as they did less than 600 million years after the Big Bang.

GALAXIES FAR FAR AWAY The deepest look yet into the distant universe reveals galaxies as they appear when the universe was less than 3 percent of its current age.