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Published online 10 March 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040308-5

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Hubble image kicks off astronomy race

Researchers rush to translate image of early Universe.

A new Hubble Space Telescope image has given astronomers their deepest ever view into the Universe - and started a race to decipher it.

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field image reveals some of the farthest and youngest galaxies ever seen, whose light was previously too faint to be detected.

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