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Scientists have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy. Astronomers from two separate research teams made the ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a beautiful juxtaposition of the nearby protostellar outflow known ...

Webb’s exquisite details reveal a chance, random alignment of a protostellar outflow and a distant spiral galaxy. When we ...

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A European space telescope launched to explore the dark universe has released a trove of new data on distant galaxies.

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

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One of the Holy Grails in cosmology is a look back at the earliest epochs of cosmic history. Unfortunately, the universe's ...

Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant galaxy ever found. It’s 13.4 billion light-years away from Earth, according to new research.