Artist's impression of JADES-GS-z14-0. 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.

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 ...