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A glimpse of the first galaxies

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The recently refurbished Hubble Space Telescope reveals a galaxy from a time when the Universe was just 500 million years old, providing insights into the first throes of galaxy formation and the reionization of the Universe. See Letter p.504

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Figure 1: A galaxy at redshift 10.

NASA/ESA/G. ILLINGWORTH (UCO/LICK OBS. & UNIV. CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ)/R. BOUWENS (UCO/LICK OBS. & LEIDEN UNIV.)/HUDF09 TEAM

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Reddy, N. A glimpse of the first galaxies. Nature 469, 479–480 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/469479a

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