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Hubble Ultra-Deep Field.<\/strong><\/div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1275\"]\"The Figure 1.<\/strong> The deepest picture of the sky in visible light (left) shows huge numbers of galaxies in a tiny patch of sky, only 1\/100 the area of the full Moon. In contrast, the deepest picture of the sky taken in X-rays (right) shows large numbers of point-like quasars, which astronomers have shown are supermassive black holes at the very centers of galaxies. (credit left: modification of work by NASA, ESA, H. Teplitz and M. Rafelski (IPAC\/Caltech), A. Koekemoer (STScI), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), and Z. Levay (STScI); credit right: modification of work by ESO\/Mario Nonino, Piero Rosati, ESO GOODS Team)[\/caption]<\/figure>\r\n

During the first half of the twentieth century, astronomers viewed the universe of galaxies as a mostly peaceful place. They assumed that galaxies formed billions of years ago and then evolved slowly as the populations of stars within them formed, aged, and died. That placid picture completely changed in the last few decades of the twentieth century.<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\nYou were encouraged to watch this video in chapter 26, but it is worth watching again. This textbook repeats itself a lots in these chapters on galaxies. Here is a link to the video about the Hubble Deep Field photo or as they call it \"The most important image ever taken\".\u00a0 Direct link:\u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/mcBV-cXVWFw<\/a>\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/mcBV-cXVWFw\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n

Today, astronomers can see that the universe is often shaped by violent events, including cataclysmic explosions of supernovae, collisions of whole galaxies, and the tremendous outpouring of energy as matter interacts in the environment surrounding very massive black holes. The key event that began to change our view of the universe was the discovery of a new class of objects: quasars.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

Please note that this book in its original format can be downloaded for free at\u00a0https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/astr<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0 [latexpage]<\/div>\r\n ","rendered":"
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Hubble Ultra-Deep Field.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Figure 1.<\/strong> The deepest picture of the sky in visible light (left) shows huge numbers of galaxies in a tiny patch of sky, only 1\/100 the area of the full Moon. In contrast, the deepest picture of the sky taken in X-rays (right) shows large numbers of point-like quasars, which astronomers have shown are supermassive black holes at the very centers of galaxies. (credit left: modification of work by NASA, ESA, H. Teplitz and M. Rafelski (IPAC\/Caltech), A. Koekemoer (STScI), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), and Z. Levay (STScI); credit right: modification of work by ESO\/Mario Nonino, Piero Rosati, ESO GOODS Team)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

During the first half of the twentieth century, astronomers viewed the universe of galaxies as a mostly peaceful place. They assumed that galaxies formed billions of years ago and then evolved slowly as the populations of stars within them formed, aged, and died. That placid picture completely changed in the last few decades of the twentieth century.<\/p>\n

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You were encouraged to watch this video in chapter 26, but it is worth watching again. This textbook repeats itself a lots in these chapters on galaxies. Here is a link to the video about the Hubble Deep Field photo or as they call it “The most important image ever taken”.\u00a0 Direct link:\u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/mcBV-cXVWFw<\/a><\/p>\n