Yep. And each one composed of billions to trillions of stars!
I probably still have the URL somewhere, but after the first, amazing "HDF" peek, someone produced a great video titled,"The Most Important Image Ever Made". And -- the HDF most certainly was...
The various Hubble Deep Fields literally opened the eyes of all humankind (if they will but look) to the unimaginable majesty and power of the Creator of our Universe -- and, to our own relative insignificance in it.
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Yet, there are still some Earth-critters who think that burning parked garbage trucks in the streets makes them "powerful"...
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The unimaginable number of stars makes the probability of life somewhere "out there" statistically likely. But, the distances involved make it near-zero probable that we will ever encounter other intelligent beings.
Maybe that's a good thing.
Because -- based on present evidence -- the probability that their intellects would dwarf ours is embarrassingly high...
TXnMA
