In a distant galaxy, scientists find oldest oxygen in universe and stars from edge of cosmic dawn
In a distant galaxy more than 13 billion light-years from Earth, astronomers have discovered traces of the oldest known oxygen in the universe, as well as evidence that ancient stars "turned on" as early as 250 million years after the Big Bang.
These findings, published Wednesday in Nature, suggest that star formation at the dawn of the cosmos may have been more common and robust than previously thought.
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