The Hubble Ultra Deep Field Image taken in 2004 is the deepest portrait of the universe ever achieved by humankind. It contains the view of nearly 10,000 galaxies, revealing some of the first galaxies to come out of the "dark ages,” which started 370,000 years after the Big Bang and ended about 1 billion years after the Big Bang.

Our Galaxy

There are three main structures that galaxies can have in the universe.

Spiral

Elliptical

Irregular

Other Types

Lenticular

Dwarf

Seyfert