Oxygen has been revealed in the farthest galaxy ever, surprised astronomers said on Thursday, offering further evidences that the stars in the early universe matured as much as possible.
Galaxy Z-GS-Z 14–0, which was discovered by the James Web Space Telescope last year, so far away that its light took 13.4 billion years to reach the Earth.
This means that the galaxy can also explain how the universe was in its early stages when it was just 300 million years old – two percent of its current age.
Since coming online in 2022, the powerful web telescope found that galaxies were very bright in the young universe, more advanced and more than scientists.
This discovery has been so shocking that he has expressed doubts about whether there is some important missing in our understanding of the universe.
For the latest research, two international teams led by Dutch and Italian astronomers examined the ZS-GS-Z 14–0 Galaxy using the Alma Radio Telescope at Chile’s Atakama Desert.
According to the European Southern Observations, he detected the oxygen mark, which confirms the indications viewed by the first web telescope.
During this period, known as cosmic don, newborn galaxies were thought only about young stars, mostly light elements such as hydrogen and helium.
Only later he was about to receive heavy items like oxygen.
But two new studies found that Jades-GS-Z14–0 has about 10 times more heavier elements than being estimated.
Sander Shaws of Leiden Observatory, the first writer -led study published in the astrophysical journal, said, “This is like finding a teenager, where you will only expect babies.”
He said in a statement, “The results suggest that the galaxy is very fast and maturing, adding the growing body of evidence that the galaxies are formed very fast,” he said in a statement.
Astrophizist Stephano Carniyani, the lead author of the Italian -led paper published in astronomy and astronomy physics, said he was “surprised by unexpected results”.
“There is evidence that a galaxy is already mature in the infant universe, questions about when and how the galaxy is formed.”
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