DEEP SPACE REVELATIONS VS

U.C.S.C. REPORTS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, ASTRONOMERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMBINE THE DEEPEST OPTICAL IMAGES OF THE UNIVERSE, (OBTAINED BY THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE), WITH EQUALLY SHARP IMAGES IN THE NEAR-INFRARED PART OF THE SPECTRUM. THE COMBINATION WAS ACCOMPLISHED USING A SOPHISTICATED NEW LASER GUIDE STAR SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE OPTICS AT THE W. M. KECK OBSERVATORY IN HAWAII. THE NEW OBSERVATIONS, WERE PRESENTED AT THE RECENT AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY MEETING IN SAN DIEGO. THEY REVEAL UNPRECEDENTED DETAILS OF COLLIDING GALAXIES WITH MASSIVE BLACK HOLES AT THEIR CORES, SEEN AT A DISTANCE OF AROUND 5 BILLION LIGHT-YEARS.