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Astronomers Detect Oxygen in a Galaxy from the Dawn of Time

Astronomers Detect Oxygen in a Galaxy from the Dawn of Time
science8/15/2025

Astronomers have found oxygen in the universe’s most distant known galaxy—rewriting the timeline of cosmic evolution just 300 million years after the Big Bang.

A groundbreaking discovery has reshaped our perception of how fast galaxies evolved in the early universe. Astronomers have detected oxygen in the light from the galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0, the most distant known galaxy to date. This observation, publishe... [5442 chars]