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Seemingly limitless galaxies
 Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:25 am
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This aptly titled "Deep Field" photo taken by the Hubble to this day perplexes the minds of even the most revered and seasoned astronomers to this day. While focusing on a section of space that appeared blank to the naked eye, the powerful telescope peered deep in to blackness to uncover and reveal an elaborate conglomeration of cosmic activity. Next time you're outside on a clear night and stare up at the sky to witness the stars twinkling and glowing, remember that what you're seeing, as grand as it may seem to you is but a tiny speck of the whole. An experience that even trumps the humbling feeling that overcomes you when standing before the great mass of the ocean. How "on earth" can we possibly be so sure that we're alone existing as the only intelligent life anywhere in the universe? Even to this day we still discover species of life here on earth previously unknown. The giant squid was only just recently filmed alive for the first time. I don't see how we can jump to such drastic conclusions with what little we know within our limited knowledge and understandings of the above and beyond? Whenever I look at this picture of so many brilliantly swirling galaxies it broadens my horizons both literally and figuratively. 
How can you look at this magnificent sight without great awe and wonder? It gets my mind churning out a hundred different thoughts all at once.
Hubble's Deepest View of the Universe Unveils Bewildering Galaxies across Billions of Years
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One peek into a small part of the sky, one giant leap back in time. The Hubble telescope has provided mankind's deepest, most detailed visible view of the universe.
Representing a narrow "keyhole" view stretching to the visible horizon of the universe, the Hubble Deep Field image covers a speck of the sky only about the width of a dime 75 feet away. Though the field is a very small sample of the heavens, it is considered representative of the typical distribution of galaxies in space, because the universe, statistically, looks largely the same in all directions. Gazing into this small field, Hubble uncovered a bewildering assortment of at least 1,500galaxies at various stages of evolution.
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Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:34 am
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Giant squid filmed for the first time
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Japanese scientists have photographed for the first time in the wild a live giant squid, one of the most mysterious creatures of the deep sea.
The team led by Tsunemi Kubodera, from the National Science Museum in Tokyo, tracked the 25-foot-long Architeuthis as it attacked prey at 2,700 feet deep off the coast of Japan’s Bonin islands.
“We believe this is the first time a grown giant squid has been captured on camera in its natural habitat,” said Kyoichi Mori, a marine researcher who co-authored a piece on the finding in the Royal Society Journal, a leading British biological publication.
The camera was operated by remote control during research at the end of October 2004, Mori said today.
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