Space / 2005-07-27
Charting Ingredients for Life
NASA's image library records Charting Ingredients for Life.
This graph, or spectrum, from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, charts light from a faraway galaxy located 10 billion light years from Earth. It tracks mid-infrared light from an extremely luminous galaxy when the universe was only 1/4 of its current age.
A CLOSER LOOK
This graph, or spectrum, from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, charts light from a faraway galaxy located 10 billion light years from Earth. It tracks mid-infrared light from an extremely luminous galaxy when the universe was only 1/4 of its current age.
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FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
NASA Image and Video LibraryCharting Ingredients for LifeOriginal explanation based on the sources above. Images carry their own reuse terms.