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JWST finds early galaxies were already seeding the universe with heavy elements

Early galaxies were already seeding the cosmos with heavy elements, such as oxygen and carbon, just 500 million years after the Big Bang.

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Early galaxies were already seeding the cosmos with heavy elements, such as oxygen and carbon, just 500 million years after the Big Bang.

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