Astronomy Picture of the Day . The Dawn of the Clusters . ... 14.01.1996 . ... Credit Copyright: NASA , HST , M. Dickinson ( STScI ) Explanation: What did the universe look like near the beginning? This exciting photo by the Hubble Space Telescope is one of the deepest ever taken, and shows galaxies as far away as ever before photographed. The universe back then - when only one third of its present age - was a strange and violent place. ... U. Based on Astronomy Picture Of the Day ...