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Elementary discovery - an artist's impression of a quasar in an ancient galaxy. Using such quasars, astronomers have recently detected the oldest chemical elements in the universe. Credit: Wolfram Freudling/ESA

Elementary discovery - an artist's impression of a quasar in an ancient galaxy. Using such quasars, astronomers have recently detected the oldest chemical elements in the universe. Credit: Wolfram Freudling/ESA