Scientists have announced the surprising discovery of oxygen and other heavy metals in the most distant known galaxy. The ...

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Astronomers have found oxygen in the farthest, and thus the earliest, galaxy ever seen. This marks the most distant detection of oxygen ever made by humanity. This early galaxy, designated JADES ...

The location of the earliest and most distant galaxy ever seen JADES-GS-z14-0 with a close up provided by ALMA. | Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Carniani et al./S. Schouws et al/JWST: NASA ...