Distant galaxy reveals very early star formation
ALMA and ESO’s Very Large Telescope have picked up evidence that a very distant galaxy formed stars much earlier than expected...
...only 250 million years after the Big Bang.
The signals coming from hydrogen and ionised oxygen were emitted 13.28 billion years ago...
...making this the most distant galaxy ever observed by ALMA and the VLT.
And the most distant oxygen ever detected.
This discovery brings us closer to witnessing the birth of starlight.
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