Astronomers find young galaxy with record-low oxygen levels – techtoday19

Astronomers have discovered a tiny, young, metal-poor galaxy with the lowest oxygen abundance ever recorded.
To find the tiny galaxy, researchers used machine learning algorithms to parse data collected by a pair of telescopes in Hawaii, the Subaru Telescope and W. M. Keck Observatory.
Most galaxies in the modern universe are fairly large and mature, but models suggest there are still a handful of star-forming regions hiding among the masses of mostly dormant galaxies.
Predicting their existe…

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