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Ten Days Staring at Nothing

Source: Hubble Space Telescope captures the Deep Field image revealing thousands of galaxies, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1995242 wordsAI-crafted by ChurchWiseAI

In December 1995, Robert Williams, director of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, made a decision his colleagues called reckless. He pointed the Hubble...

This is a contemporary on wonder and creation, drawing on Psalm 19:1.

In December 1995, Robert Williams, director of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, made a decision his colleagues called reckless. He pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at a tiny patch of sky in the constellation Ursa Major — a spot that appeared completely empty to ground-based telescopes. The area was no larger than a grain of sand held at arm's length.…

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