In December of 1995, astronomers did a risky experiment with the Hubble Space Telescope. They pointed it to a region in space the size of a speck of dust that is seemingly empty and kept the telescope watching for 10 days.

They could’ve very well ended up with a blank image – but what they saw instead was something completely mindboggling.

Here’s a wonderful clip by Tony Darnell of Deep Astronomy about the Hubble Ultra Deep Field that illustrates just how humblingly small us humans are in the grand scheme of the universe.

– via gizmodo

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by arbyn.

NASA’s orbiting Chandra X-Ray Observatory snapped this shot of Stephan’s Quintet, a group of five galaxies, four of which are currently in collision. Follow the link for a larger picture.

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Previously on Neatorama:
The Hand of God
Smiley Face Galaxy