Scientists have revealed the presence of oxygen and other heavy metals in a distant galaxy in space.
The JADES-GS-z14-0 galaxy is located 13.4 billion light-years from Earth and was discovered last year by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
“We were surprised by the clear detection of oxygen in JADES-GS-z14-0,” said astronomer Gregor Popping of the European Southern Observatory in a statement. The discovery suggests that galaxies may have formed more rapidly after the Big Bang than in the past.
These results, produced by two different teams of astronomers conducting two different studies, have allowed scientists to improve their ability to measure galaxy distances.
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