ACS first light images after the switch to the spare (side 2) electronics, after the failure of the side 1 power controller.
Found a redshift =1.4 supernova (~ 9 billion light years away), as part of Perlmutter's (LBL) high redshift supernova search, which is looking for additional date on the accelerating expansion of the universe and hence further confirmation of and testing of Dark Energy
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"Redshift" is a term that astronomers use a lot. This is particularly true if they are extragalactic astronomers or (especially) cosmologists, but even galactic astronomers use it, and it is absolutely central to the method use to discover most of the extrasolar planets known today.
extremely high redshift galaxies found
"It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet, tender joy. The mild serenity of age takes the place of the riotous blood of youth.
One of my favorite places on the net to find really goofy bad math is Answers in Genesis. When I'm trying to avoid doing real work, I like to wander over there and look at the crazy stuff that people will actually take seriously in order to justify their religion.