Rare Einstein cross discovered
A rare cosmic configuration: An Einstein Cross with five points of light, instead of the usual four, has been discovered by scientists. Credit: Nicolás Lira Turpaud (ALMA Observatory) & adapted from Cox et al. 2025. Astronomers have found a rare Einstein cross...
Oxygen discovered in most distant known galaxy
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 this galaxy would have spread heavy elements forged inside stars, like...
Space oddity: Most distant rotating disc galaxy found
This image shows the galaxy REBELS-25 as seen by the Atacama Large Millimeter/ submillimeter Array (ALMA), overlaid on an infrared image of other stars and galaxies. The infrared image was taken by ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). In...