This is an artist’s impression of JADES-GS-z14-0, which as of today is the most distant confirmed galaxy. Galaxies in the early Universe tend to be clumpy and irregular. Supernova explosions in ...

Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Astronomers are gobsmacked by an abundance of oxygen in JADES-GS-z14-0, the earliest (and most distant) known galaxy in the universe. Though elements heavier than ...

JADES-GS-z14-0 is the most distant known galaxy, dating to less than 300 million years after the Big Bang. Scientists were surprised to find oxygen there. ALMA (ESO / NAOJ / NRAO) / S. Carniani et al.