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Astronomers have directly detected a vast reservoir of cool molecular gas in REBELS-25, a massive star-forming galaxy seen just 700 million years after the Big Bang.
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REBELS-25 galaxy (z=7.31)
Who
Astronomers, Karin Cescon, Professor Jacqueline Hodge
What
Astronomers have directly detected a vast reservoir of cool molecular gas in REBELS-25, a massive star-forming galaxy seen just 700 million years after the Big Bang.
When
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:40:38 GMT · 4h 20m ago
Where
REBELS-25 galaxy (z=7.31) ·
Why
The discovery, made using the NSF Very Large Array (VLA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), provides a rare direct measurement of the star-forming fuel available to a galaxy in the early universe.
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This discovery offers crucial insights into how early galaxies acquired their mass and formed stars during the universe's infancy, helping to explain the rapid growth of some galaxies.
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