One of the Hubble Space Telescope’s greatest triumphs has been the clear view it has given of very distant galaxies.
Working in tandem with large ground-based telescopes, the Deep Fields of the Hubble, with their diverse collection of galaxies, supernovae, and gravitationally lensed objects, rewarded astronomers with a wealth of eagerly anticipated insights into the nature of the early universe.
Aided by detailed computer simulations that have applied known physical laws to complex data, astronomers have now been able to construct a credible picture of how the universe evolved from its initial hot, formless state 13.7 billion years ago to its present state where complex structure exists everywhere, some of it capable of supporting life.
Date: 8:00 pm Thursday, June 11
Cost: FREE
Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater - National Air and Space Museum | 6th St. and Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20560
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