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Chemically primitive galaxy from 13 billion years ago reveals record-low oxygen
- June 26, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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An international team of astronomers has used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and a natural phenomenon known as gravitational lensing to achieve a definitive characterization of LAP1-B, an ultra-faint galaxy from 13 billion years ago. Expanding upon initial detections, this new study revealed a record-breaking low oxygen abundance—merely 1/240th that of the sun.
Originally published at Phys.org