ALMA Finds Most-Distant Oxygen in the Universe

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ALMA Finds Most-Distant Oxygen in the Universe

Galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223, inset image: galaxy MACS1149-JD1

This image shows the galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223 taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the inset image is the galaxy MACS1149-JD1 located 13.28 billion light-years away observed with ALMA. Here, the oxygen distribution detected with ALMA is depicted in green.

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, W. Zheng (JHU), M. Postman (STScI), the CLASH Team, Hashimoto et al.

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