HubbleSite Scientists Find Faint Objects with Hubble that May Have Ended the Universe's 'Dark Ages'

[Space Telescope Science]

Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope believe they are seeing the conclusion of the cosmic epoch where the young galaxies started to shine in significant numbers. This marks a time when the so-called "Dark Ages" of the universe was completed, about 13 billion years ago (based on an estimate of 14 billion years for the current age of the universe).

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