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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Julia Musto

Oxygen was just found in a distant galaxy — and it may provide answers on how ours developed

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

The galaxy, which is known as JADES-GS-z14-0, is 13.4 billion light years away from Earth. It was just found last year using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

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