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Element measured in distant galaxy

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Posted 26 June 2012 - 12:07 AM

ALMA reveals constituent of a galaxy at 12.4 billion light-years away


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An international research team, led by Associate Professor Tohru Nagao from Kyoto University, and including researchers from Japan and Europe, has observed a "submillimeter galaxy" located about 12.4 billion light-years away using ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array), and has successfully detected an emission line from nitrogen contained in that galaxy.

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