The new census provides the most complete picture
yet of how galaxies like the Milky Way grew over the past 10 billion years into
today’s majestic spiral galaxies. The multi-wavelength study spans ultraviolet
to far-infrared light, combining observations from NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer
space telescopes, the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory, and
ground-based telescopes, including the Magellan Baade Telescope at the Las
Campanas Observatory in Chile.”
Above is a selection of Hubble Space Telescope
photos, displaying how galaxies similar to our own developed over time.