ALMA detected neutral gas in four early galaxies, giving astronomers a new way to study how star formation began.

Chiba University

Who

Assistant Professor Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Professor Masamune Oguri, Dr. Inoue, Chiba University

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Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:07:00 GMT · 2h 0m ago

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Chiba University ·

Why

Astronomers have struggled to see clearly the neutral gas, the cooler material that directly supplies star formation, but ALMA observations have now provided a way to detect it.

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This discovery provides astronomers with a more direct method to study the gas that fueled star formation in the early universe, potentially leading to improved understanding of how galaxies formed and grew during cosmic reionization.

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